According to the chapter, what age does preschool period refer to?
What is three and four year olds.
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The daily schedule should allow what in order to ensure that children do not become overstimulated and exhausted.
What is alternating periods of quiet and active experiences.
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What is the controversy surrounding computers in early childhood classrooms?
What is AGAINST: If children learn best by hands on experiences with concrete objects, then can they really learn the same concepts on a computer screen?
FOR: Today's generation of children will need skills to manage many kinds of technology & computers are used as a supplement rather than in place of...
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What is the reality that most directors and staff find themselves in involving space?
What is that the space was planned by someone else or that it has been used for another purpose.
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Why is the dramatic play area often called the housekeeping center?
What is because the first play usually focuses on activities that the children have experienced at home.
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What is important about the slowdown of growth in the preschool years?
What is it means children need fewer calories per pound of body weight and therefore their appetites are smaller.
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What is the most frequently used assessment tool?
What is observation.
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What are the 3 general goals for including children with special needs?
What is to support families,promote children's mastery and independence, and encouage children to develop skills that will allow them to have normalized life experiences.
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Where should directors check for regulations that might affect their plans for the space?
What is licensing requirements, city departments for building codes, health department, and fire department.
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What are 3 advantages of blocks?
What is they can be used in many differnt ways and by widely divergent age groups. Blocks allow children to develop their fine and gross motor skills and encourages social skills.
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How do children use play in the preschool years?
What is to master new skills.
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What should developmentaly appropriate learning experiences be based on?
What is children's capabilities and interests.
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What are the appropriate teaching methods when working with a child that has developmental delay?
What is provide maximum individualized attention, break down tasks into small components, allow for repetition, use positive reinforcements, be consistent in routines.
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Why should environments be appropriate to the age level of the children using them?
What is very young children have different requirements than do older children.
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What are 3 opportunities an art center provides?
What is fine and gross motor skills, increase self image, increase social skills.
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Self-concept in the preschooler largely depends on what?
What is initiative
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What does selecting their own experiences and materials do for children?
What is foster development of initiative and allow them to choose what is best for them.
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What is attention deficit disorder characterized by?
What is inability to sustain attention, lack of perseverance, impulsivity, inability to suppress inappropriate behavior, overactivity, and excessive talking.
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What should the director consider when planning individual classroom space.
What is traffic flow.
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What is the purpose of a music and listening center?
What is to encourage children to listen for information and enjoyment, and to increase language skills.
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What is the biggest limitation to a preschoolers ability to think?
What is they are egocentric
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The teacher/child ratio of a classroom depends on what 4 factors?
What is 1) licensing requirements, 2) qualification of teachers, 3) philosophy and goals of the program, 4) needs of the children
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Which type of disability includes teaching methods such as singing, talking, and word games?
What is speech and language disabilities.
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Why should the classroom include both hard and soft objects?
What is children respond to tactile stimuli.
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What is the circle center for?
What is scheduled activities involving all the children and shared experiences