An appropriate topic in the study of the human body for a group of five-year-olds might be
a. labeling body parts such as hands, arms, mouth, nose, and so on.
b. learning how to hop.
c. where food goes after it is eaten.
d. All of these answers.
Question 2An appropriate science topic for young children is
a. electricity.
b. the revolution of the planets.
c. animal habitats found in the schools neighborhood.
d. All of these answers.
Question 3Science in early childhood education involves
a. a growing awareness of self, other living things, and the environment through the senses and through exploration.
b. learning through watching.
c. carrying out experiments that teach specific scientific concepts.
d. following the prescribed scientific method.
Question 4Concepts such as algebra and geometry
a. are inappropriate for young children because they are too abstract.
b. are inappropriate for young children because such concepts cannot be learned until high school.
c. can be appropriate if introduced in concrete activities.
d. can be appropriate if children are given preschool algebra or geometry workbooks.
Question 5Which of the following is an example of a preschoolers inability to conserve?
a. Denver pours his milk into a taller but thinner glass and says, Now there is more.
b. Esteban tells you, as he takes all the Legos out of the box and sets them end to end, that he is doing this so that he would have more.
c. You ask Freda whether she still has the same amount of play dough now that she has made her ball of dough into several small balls. She tells you, Now there is more because I have more balls.
d. All of these answers.
Question 6Which of the following reinforces childrens acquisition of temporal concepts?
a. the daily routine
b. a game of Mother May I?
c. counting objects
d. grouping the children in the class by various categories, such as sex, age, or hair color
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