Infants and Toddlers
Preschoolers
Early Childhood Curriculum
Field of Early Childhood Education
100
Production of ______ lags behind comprehension (toddlers can understand more words than are in their speaking vocabulary).
What is speech?
100
True or False: Children can often recite the alphabet long before they can identify a single letter.
What is true
100
Children in the early childhood years (birth through 3rd grade) learn best through a. worksheets and workbooks b. repeating after the teacher c. hands-on learning, problem solving and discovery
What is c) hands-on learning, problem solving and discovery
100
Early childhood education covers birth through a. kindergarten b. 3rd grade c. preschool
What is b) 3rd grade.
200
Of all of the senses, _______ is the least developed at birth
What is vision
200
True or False: Preschoolers can count the same set of objects and come up with different final counts (for example, 4, 5, 6 or even 10) and not think anything of it.
What is true.
200
Research shows that play a. has no educational value; it’s just fun b. has value for a child’s social development (getting along with friends, cooperating with one another), but not for their academic development (reading, writing, math, etc.) c. has value for a child’s overall development
What is c) has value for a child's overall development
200
This is the organization that developed guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
What is NAEYC.
300
Babies babble in a. their home language b. their home language and any other languages they hear regularly c. all languages
What is c) all languages
300
Preschoolers tend to recognize which letters first: a. the beginning of the alphabet (A, B and C) b. the letters in their own name c. the letters that are the easy shapes to remember (O, S, L)
What is b) the letters in their own name.
300
He is known as the father of kindergarten.
Who is Froebel.
300
Recent research in New Jersey's Abbott preschools indicates a. preschool attendance does not really impact a child’s later learning b. preschool helps children with their math and reading skills, but has no other impact c. in addition to higher math and reading skills, children who attend preschool are half as likely to be retained in elementary school
What is c) in addition to higher math and reading skills, children who attend preschool are half as likely to be retained in elementary school
400
This is Erikson's stage of infancy.
What is Trust Vs. Mistrust
400
A 3-year-old girl who wants to buy a present for her mother is likely to suggest a. a Barbie doll b. a new kitchen appliance c. a new tennis racket
What is a) a Barbie doll.
400
This is a curriculum model based on Vygotsky's theory.
What is Tools of the Mind.
400
True or False: Most states require that preschool teachers, whether employed by private or public schools, be certified.
What is false.
500
This is a major milestone of Piaget's Sensorimotor stage of development.
What is object permanence.
500
According to Piaget, preschoolers are in what stage of cognitive development.
What is Preoperational.
500
Developmentally Appropriate Practice takes into consideration a) age appropriateness b) individual appropriateness c) cultural appropriateness d) all of the above
What is d) all of the above
500
This person was the first female physician in Italy and is well known for her child care program, Casa dei Bambini. Today her approach to early childhood education continues to be popular throughout the world.
Who is Maria Montessori.
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