Which of the following will influence a child's artistic performance?
a. experiencing a hurricane
b. the child's home culture
c. previous arts experiences
d. all of the above
Question 2
Big, oversized books are popular with preschool teachers because they
a. have large, colorful illustrations.
b. have large-sized print.
c. are easy to see.
d. all of these answers.
Question 3
According to Piaget, practice play is when a child:
a. pretends one object is something else.
b. acts out a story she or he heard.
c. participates in a form of organized sport.
d. interacts with objects in repetitive ways.
Question 4
Asking a number of questions such as What was the cat's name? in a book-reading time discussion
a. helps children learn to formulate ideas.
b. is discouraged in the text.
c. is more difficult than asking open-ended teacher questions.
d. is recommended and promotes child verbalization.
Question 5
Which of the following is a developmental characteristic of toddlers?
a. They know many songs by heart.
b. They can concentrate on something for more than an hour. c. They use invented spelling.
d. They engage in parallel play.
Question 6
Early childhood teachers find reading a picture book to a large preschool group means
a. more behavior control statements will be necessary.
b. more behavior control statements will be necessary.
c. it will probably be harder to hold group attention.
d. all of these answers.
Question 7
Which of the following is characteristic of normative development in infants?
a. They explore with mouth, hands, and feet. b. They can match pitch.
c. They make believe.
d. They play in cooperative groups.
Question 8
Prestigious American children's picture book awards most often are connected to which of the following associations?
a. PTA
b. AMA
c. ALA
d. CTA