Teaching children nutrition concepts should be
a. an ongoing and integral part of the early childhood curriculum.
b. part of the early childhood curriculum (for instance, as a one- or two-week theme).
c. carried out primarily while children are eating snacks.
d. aimed at helping children learn how to cook.
Question 2You have provided a set of buttons of varying sizes that the children can place in order from largest to smallest; sound cans that the children can organize from loudest to softest, and pine cones that they can set out from tallest to shortest. These are examples of
a. matching.
b. seriation.
c. classification.
d. object identification.
Question 3Activities involving a feely bag, recognizing a smell, or naming common environmental sounds from a tape recording are examples of
a. sensory stimulation.
b. environmental classification.
c. cross-modal intersensory activities.
d. object identification using a single sensory modality.
Question 4Infant and toddler programs should provide a wide variety of sensory experiences because
a. babies are not yet ready to learn from more constructive toys.
b. babies lack the cognitive ability needed for any kind of learning activity.
c. such experiences are the foundation of infant learning.
d. these are the only types of activities that are safe enough for infants.
Question 5Water play is an activity that
a. children enjoy but has little value beyond that.
b. stimulates sensory enjoyment and also provides many learning opportunities.
c. is messy and therefore should be done outside in warm weather only.
d. should generally be planned about once a month.
Question 6Parquetry blocks
a. provide children an opportunity to assemble shapes on a form board.
b. come in angled shapes that allow for some unique pattern possibilities.
c. are more challenging to assemble than other types of small blocks.
d. All of these answers.
Question 7When selecting and purchasing manipulative construction toys for an early childhood program, a good guideline is to buy
a. materials that can be used in an endless variety of ways.
b. a wide variety of sets, each of which is used for a specific outcome (for instance, for building a truck, crane, or helicopter).
c. materials that boys will enjoy, such as ones fitting a transportation theme, and materials that girls will find appealing, for instance, ones that enhance doll play.
d. sets of materials with many small pieces for all ages, because children will grow into these as they use them.
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