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Author: Fabienne_Doucet
No. Questions: 7
Created: Nov 23, 2014
Last Modified: 10 years ago

Child & Early Language Development

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Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
A.
A four-year-old child speaks both Spanish and English at home. In casual conversation with the teacher, her father expresses mild concern that his daughter sometimes mixes up vocabulary between languages. Which of the following would be the teacher's best response to the father?
  1. reassuring him that bilingual children often shift between languages at this age
  2. asking him to begin a daily log noting any language issues that come up with his daughter at home
  3. encouraging him to speak English to his daughter at home so that she can focus on learning one language
  4. informing him that the school can provide a formal language assessment for his daughter
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
B.
Two four-year-olds have been competing for opportunities to ride the swing. Both children are capable of seating themselves in the swing and pushing it. Which of the following responses from their preschool teacher will best serve to foster the children's social problem-solving skills?
  1. suggesting that children take turns using the swing and determining who should use the swing first
  2. redirecting the children to different activities and keeping them separated until their attention is refocused
  3. asking the children to explain the situation and helping them decide what to do
  4. reminding the children that arguing is against class rules and making the swings off limits to them for the rest of the day
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
C.
Ben, a four-year-old in Mr. Dorato's pre-k class is making a tower out of wooden blocks when his classmate Maria accidentally bumps the tower, knocking it over. Ben yells at Maria and is about to hit her when Mr. Dorato intervenes. Which of the following is the most appropriate way for Mr. Dorato to communicate with Ben immediately following this incident?
  1. "If you act like that, the other children won't like you anymore."
  2. "Tell Maria you are sorry, then put away your blocks."
  3. "If you can't behave yourself, I may have to call your parents."
  4. "I know you are angry, but you may not hurt your classmates."
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
D.
Shortly after the beginning of circle time in a pre-k classroom, a number of children begin fidgeting and interacting with each other instead of paying attention. Of the following, the teacher's best response would be to:
  1. direct the group's attention to the misbehavior of specific children who are not paying attention.
  2. stand up and clap her hands together briskly until all of the children are looking at her.
  3. modify the activity by introducing a song or fingerplay that will promote direct involvement by everyone.
  4. sit quietly and look around the circle until everyone realizes that she has stopped speaking.
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
E.
A preschool teacher wishes to teach the concepts of first, middle, and last to a group of four-year-old children. The teacher's best strategy for introducing these concepts would be to:
  1. draw three familiar characters in a row and indicate which character is in which place.
  2. have the children take turns standing in a line and ask them to identify who is in which place.
  3. line up three stuffed animals and indicate which animal is in which place.
  4. show the children picture cards of sets of three objects and ask them to tell which object is in which place.
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education
F.
While preparing her pre-k classroom for the first day of school, a teacher creates a classroom grocery store in the dramatic play area. She stocks the classroom store with a variety of familiar items (e.g., cereal boxes, milk cartons) and labels other objects in the classroom. Which of the following is likely to be the primary benefit of his classroom design?
  1. The use of familiar objects will make the children feel comfortable and at home in their classroom.
  2. Students' self-esteem and motivation to learn to read will increase as they discover that they already know many words in the classroom.
  3. Experience with print in their environment will help children develop an understanding of the purpose and functions of print.
  4. The use of food items in the grocery store center will enhance children's awareness of good nutrition.