When planning a field trip for preschool children, be sure that you line up one adult parent volunteer for every:
a. one child
b. two or three children
c. five or six children
d. eight or nine children
Question 2Developing place awareness in children relates most directly to activities involving:
a. quilts
b. pets
c. language
d. maps
Question 3To support the play of infants and toddlers, you need to change the room arrangement and props:
a. slowly
b. weekly
c. daily
d. every four months
Question 4This type of play can occur alone or with others as the child plans the manipulation of objects or people to create a specific experience. This is observable when a child puts keys in a pretend car, starts the motor, adds the sound effects (vroooom), and lets others ride in the car with her. This would be identified as:
a. practice play
b. sociodramatic play
c. constructive play
d. functional play
Question 5The fantasy element of play is helpful because:
a. it enables children to not be social
b. it effects brain functions
c. it enables children to release tensions
d. all answers are correct
Question 6An example of functional play is:
a. a child pretending to be someone else
b. one or more children creating a specific experience, such as driving a car
c. two or more children taking on related roles and interacting
d. children playing board games or sports
Question 7David Elkind believes that dramatic play teaches children:
a. that the world is basically a frightening, confusing place
b. that the world is basically a friendly, welcoming place
c. to transfer what is learned in one setting and apply it to another
d. to behave according to preexisting rules