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College Early Childhood Education
The environment must provide for the children, the parents, and                 .
  1. the grandparents
  2. the director
  3. the bus driver
  4. the teacher
College Early Childhood Education
To be considered sociodramatic play, which of the following criteria must be present?
  1. The child role plays pretending to be another person, animal, or object.
  2. The child make-believes with actions and objects.
  3. The child coordinates roles and plots with at least one other person.
  4. All of the above
College Early Childhood Education
When working with families from a strength-based perspective, what must an early childhood educator implement?
  1. Form a relationship with that family.
  2. Look for every family’s strengths and focus on those.
  3. Acknowledge the family’s strengths to its members.
  4. When you have problems finding strengths, focus on the areas of improvement for each member of the family.
College Early Childhood Education
Much of unacceptable behavior needs to be…
  1. ignored
  2. negatively reinforced
  3. punished
  4. redirected
College Early Childhood Education
Which of the following best describes discipline?
  1. It is the same as guidance
  2. It must be harsh to work
  3. t works all the time with every child if you find the right method
  4. It is to be avoided
Grade 10 Early Childhood Education
A breast pump is an essential piece of equipment for child care.
  1. True
  2. False
College Early Childhood Education
Choose the best answer that would describe the meaning of "early childhood education":
  1. refers to group settings deliberately intended to affect developmental changes in children from birth to 8 years of age.
  2. The necessity of early and free exploration.
  3. The critical importance of the early stimulation of intellect and language.
  4. Early attainment of individuality and independence.
College Early Childhood Education
Which of the following would be an example of cooperative play?
  1. A child plays with a basket of balls, occasionally rolling one of the balls to another child.
  2. Two children play in the dramatic play area - one is washing dishes, the other is playing with the dolls.
  3. Three children are swinging side by side.
  4. Two children are building a horse pen out of blocks.
College Early Childhood Education
A teacher’s prejudice                                         .
  1. is her own business
  2. does not influence her teaching
  3. can be hidden from children and families
  4. can be harmful to children and families
College Early Childhood Education
A family that focuses on interdependence does which of the following?
  1. Regards connections to the group as very important
  2. Teaches children to put themselves first
  3. Emphasizes early self-help skills
  4. Stresses individuality
College Early Childhood Education
Simultaneous feelings are all of the following, except:
  1. Sometimes called mixed feelings
  2. Difficult for children because children can focus only on one feeling at a time
  3. Verbalized by adults to help children cope
  4. Easier for children to deal with and explain
College Early Childhood Education
How can adults help children cope with fears?
  1. By linking up a brave, gentle, outgoing child with one who is fearful
  2. By telling them not to be afraid
  3. By disregarding their feelings
  4. By refusing to label the feeling
College Early Childhood Education
Why did early childhood experts want to change the word discipline to guidance?
  1. It sounds better
  2. It reflects a more positive approach
  3. Children might like it better
  4. Educators always like change
College Early Childhood Education
Which of the following teachers most effectively addresses the cultures of the children in her classroom?
  1. “Someone asked me the other day what the ethnic and racial backgrounds are of the children in my classroom. I told them that I don’t even notice. To me they are all children.”
  2. “After receiving information from the children’s parents, I make sure that materials, food, and activities are representative of the children’s cultures.”
  3. “Luckily, all the children in the classroom are the same ethnic background as I am. Therefore, I don’t have to worry about it.”
  4. “I begin the year by having a culture unit. We spend a day on each culture that is represented in the classroom. That way I know that I have covered this important area.”
College Early Childhood Education
We can assist children in developing secure attachment in childcare through all the following EXCEPT?
  1. Providing continuity of care
  2. Exposing children to many different providers
  3. Showing genuine interest in each child
  4. Being warm and responsive
College Early Childhood Education
Which is the most effective approach in designing an environment for the four-year-old children in your program?
  1. Duplicate an environment that has proved to be successful in another program
  2. Observe the children in your classroom to understand their interests and developmental levels and use this information to design an environment
  3. Set up an environment with all the recommended learning centers and then eliminate any centers that are not used
  4. Duplicate the five-year-old classroom in your program so the children will be familiar with it when they transition to the next room
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education

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A pre-k teacher hands a four-year-old child an open book and says to the child, "Please show me where to start reading." By making this request, the teacher is most likely to gather information about which of the following areas?
  1. word identification
  2. directionality of print
  3. letter recognition
  4. sentence building
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education

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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.
Continuing Education Early Childhood Education

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When learning English, which of the following language skills do young children from diverse language backgrounds typically master first?
  1. speaking with other children while playing
  2. sorting different objects based on their colors
  3. following directions for completing an activity
  4. recognizing which words in a list rhyme
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