Miss Smith is leading a group of 3-year-olds in a dance experience about seeds growing up into plants. The children are all scrunched up pretending to be seeds. How can we show that we're turning into plants? she asks them. I know, I know says ShawnaI have an idea. Well, I have a better one laughs Miss Smith. Author's noteI actually saw this happen in a demonstration class once Miss Smith:
a. doesn't really want the children to develop the curriculum.
b. needs to pay more attention to what the children are suggesting.
c. is teaching Shawna not to suggest ideas in the future.
d. a and c are correct.
e. a, b, and c are correct.
Question 2...Head Start promotes school readiness for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds by focusing on
A) physical development and motor coordination
B) social and cognitive development
C) foreign languages in the toddler years
D) music and performing arts skills
Question 3...When materials are set out neatly on open shelves this tells the child that he may take them off the shelves himself.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4...Some art activities are more teacher -directed, while others are more child-initiated.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5...Learning shapes, colors, numbers, and the alphabet
a. should be the basis of most of the activities you plan for preschool-age children.
b. are isolated skills and fragments of knowledge that can be learned as children pursue tasks and learn about things that are meaningful to them.
c. are skills and concepts that children will not be ready to learn until kindergarten.
d. are skills that should be mastered before children go to kindergarten
Question 6...Which of the following pieces of equipment fit the definition of being a simple unit according to Kritchevsky, Prescott, and Walling?
a. Sand and water
b. A jungle gym
c. Play dough in the housekeeping area
d. Tricycle with a wagon attachment
e. b and c are correct.
Question 7...The hardness-softness dimension refers to:
a. playgrounds with grass.
b. bouncy tires.
c. sand.
d. only a and b are correct.
e. a, b, and c, are correct.
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