This is what we want all children to be in all activities.
Engaged.
100
This is the number of times informal reading must be observed to give credit for indicator 5.5, item #15.
What is once?
100
Teacher Tammy is at Small Group with her students. She hands her students a worksheet with the print numbers 1-25. She calls off the numerals and the children are expected to cover the called numerals with a bingo dotter. All children have the same worksheet. Teacher Tammy will receive this score.
What is a one?
100
The number of times you MUST read informally with a child during the observation.
What is 1?
100
This Illinois specific definition means children are taken out daily if the temperature is between 25-90 degrees without weather alerts.
What is weather permitting?
200
What score would you receive if staff was never observed to show the children how to use math materials or participate when materials are used in play.
What is a a score of one?
200
This practice is NOT an example of staff linking children's spoken communication with written language in indicator 7.1, item #16.
What are picture word labels on shelves or labels posted on objects around the room?
200
These are the 4 types of fine motor materials as defined in item #19.
What are small building toys, art materials, manipulatives, and puzzles?
200
When is it recommended that you score item #30 during your observation?
What is close to the end of the observation?
200
This term means that children actually experience (or live) each day in terms of how time is used.
What is schedule?
300
Ways staff can participate in math activities with children during Work Time.
Responses will vary and at the moderator will judge accuracy.
300
This is where you must observe staff using activities with children to encourage them to communicate to meet indicator 3.1, item #16.
What are routines, free play, and group time?
300
These are the 3 types of blocks as defined in item #22.
What are unit blocks, large hollow blocks, and homemade blocks?
300
Instances of waiting for long periods, lengthy large group time, sharing toys/materials, thinking children are misbehaving versus misunderstanding when they make a mistake.
What are inappropriate expectations for children?
300
This term means 1/3 of a program's operating hours.
What is substantial portion of the day?
400
The reason we might sing "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" using hand motions
What is it is important to encourage children to use their fingers to represent numbers?
400
This is the number of books that must be accessible for a group of 20 preschoolers to meet indicator 5.1, item #15.
What is 25?
400
These are the 5 categories of art materials as defined in item #20.
What are drawing materials, paint materials, 3D materials, collage materials, and tools?
400
This term means that staff notice and validate a child's feelings, even if the child is showing emotions that are considered unacceptable, such as anger or impatience.
What is a sympathetic response?
400
An environment where each child can find a satisfying challenge within the free play environment, and when finished, find another interesting thing to do has these in it.
What are varied materials?
500
Two of the three math material categories required in each classroom.
What are counting/comparing
sizes/fractions
familiarity with shapes
500
These 7 concepts are used with children to help develop language and reasoning skills in item #17.
What are same/different, matching, classifying, sequencing, 1-1 correspondence, spatial relationships, and cause and effect?
500
This is the amount of time children are permitted to use TV, video and/or computers to meet indicator 3.3, item #27 that aligns with the recommendation in "Caring For Our Children" from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
What is 30 minutes per week up to 15 minutes per day per child?
500
This term means that the content of the talk originates with children's actions or what they say to meet indicator 7.1, item #29.
What are ideas related to their play?
500
Meals/snacks, nap/rest, toileting/diapering and other personal care items fall in this category in indicator 5.3, item #36.