Dramatizing a picture book
a. requires props.
b. may be aided by props and costumes.
c. enhances children's ability to remember story details.
d. both may be aided by props and costumes and enhances children's ability to remember story details.
Question 2What would be the best way to assess a child's interest in music?
a. Ask the child to perform on an instrument he or she has never seen before.
b. Ask the child's parents whether they have heard singing around the house.
c. Use a checklist to count the number of times the child visited the music center during free choice center time.
d. all of the above
Question 3When children want a picture book reread immediately after it has just been read, the teacher should
a. be pleased and do it if possible.
b. be pleased and say, Another time OK?
c. worry about child capacity to sit through another reading.
d. both be pleased and do it if possible and worry about child capacity to sit through another reading.
Question 4Which of the following can be used for assessing not only the children's progress in the arts, but also the teacher's effectiveness?
a. checklists recording the number of times children chose to create in the arts area b. photograph of children's work
c. portfolios of children's artwork
d. all of the above
Question 5In arranging a setting for reading a book to a group of children, one should
a. plan for illustrations to be at children's eye level.
b. avoid highly trafficked areas.
c. think about lighting.
d. all of these answers.
Question 6Which of the following would be a good way to help parents appreciate their child's art?
a. Hold an arts competition.
b. Tell the parents their child is a gifted artist.
c. Attach descriptive notes to creative work going home.
d. Display their child's work next to a less attractive project.
Question 7The text recommends that teachers
a. screen all books selected for school purchase.
b. form a community committee to select a program's books.
c. select books for children's special interests.
d. both screen all books selected for school purchase and select books for children's special interests.
Question 8Which of the following is an example of using a DAP filter?
a. The teacher checks all the supplies to make sure they are safe for three-year-olds. b. The teacher hangs the children's work on the wall and gives each child a sticker.
c. The teacher records the children singing on a daily basis.
d. The teacher expresses surprise when a child scribbles all over the paper.
Question 9Books with talking animals
a. confuse children.
b. may confuse children if they cannot identify with the animals' message.
c. may confuse children if teachers do not point out that animals really cannot talk.
d. none of these answers.
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