To help children develop academically, directors must ____.
a. help teachers create developmental developmentally appropriate curriculum and ignore standards
b. help teachers embed activities that enable children to meet standards throughout a developmentally appropriate curriculum
c. decrease opportunities for play to a half hour per day
d. increase opportunities for play
Question 2Name the term that refers to childrens spontaneous physical and cognitive play that occurs during Piagets concrete operations stage of development (seven years and older).
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Providing educational materials that help children meet state standards ____.
a. is expensive and difficult to find
b. is already in most preschool classrooms
c. must be made by teachers
d. has not been decided yet
Question 4Three year-old Martin is using his bucket as a helmet, whereas five year old Chen is using her bucket to collect leaves on the playground. These children are illustrating which selection criteria used to evaluate center equipment?
a. usefulness
b. safety
c. safety
d. versatility
Question 5The job of maintaining the equipment begins ____.
a. as soon as the equipment is placed in the center
b. after about one year
c. as soon as any wear begins to be noticeable
d. when it is almost time for the warranty to run out
Question 6Equipment that is versatile
a. can be stored it immediately
b. usually costs the center more money
c. can be used in several ways
d. needs to be counted twice during inventory
Question 7Gifts of equipment should always be accepted and used ____.
a. to avoid insulting the giver
b. if they meet the same criteria for purchased equipment
c. if the donor is also an important contributor to the center or a board member
d. all of the above
Question 8The vision of community in the classroom can have a lifelong impact on a childs ideas and expectations about:
a. equity
b. cooperation
c. citizenship
d. all answers are correct