Production of ____ lags behind comprehension (children can understand more words than they can actually produce/speak).
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
When early elementary age children are learning to read, they spell words a) exactly as they are normally written; b) by using the most salient sounds in the word (jrgn for dragon) or c) spell words on by copying them.
What is b) by using the most salient sounds in the word.
100
Children in the early childhood years learn best through a) teacher lecture; b) hands-on learning; c) worksheets and workbooks.
What is b).
100
Early childhood education covers birth through a) preschool; b) kindergarten; c) third grade.
What is c).
200
Of all of the senses, _____ is the least developed at birth.
What is vision?
200
True or false: By the time children can count to ten, they have mastered numbers.
What is false.
200
True or false: As children enter and progress through elementary school, they spend more time playing games with rules than engaging in fantasy play.
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 others) but not for a child's academic development (reading, writing, math, thinking); or c) has value for a child's overall development -- cognitive, social, emotional and physical.
What is c).
200
Recent research in New Jersey suggests a) preschool attendance does not impact a child's elementary school success; b) preschool helps with a child's math and reading skills but has no other impact; c) in addition to higher math and reading skills, children who attend high quality preschools are also less likely to be retained in elementary school.
What is c).
300
Babies babble in a) their home language; b) their home language and any other language they hear regularly; or c) all languages.
What is all languages?
300
Preschoolers tend to recognize which letters first: a) the beginning of the alphabet (a, b, c); b) letters that are easy shapes to remember (o, s, x); or c) letters in their own name.
What is c) letters in their own name
300
True or false: Children in the early elementary grades tend to be concrete thinkers and have difficulty engaging in abstract thought.
What is true.
300
True or false: There is just one curriculum model for teaching preschoolers.
What is false.
300
True or false: Most states require that preschool teachers be state certified.
What is false.
400
True or False: If a child is not walking at 14 months, parents should be very concerned.
What is false.
400
A three-year-old girl who wants to buy a present for her mother is likely to choose a) a kitchen appliance; b) her favorite flowers; c) a barbie doll.
What is c) a barbie doll.
400
True or false: Children in early elementary school often have a slightly lower self-esteem than children in preschool since they are more aware of their abilities than preschoolers are.
What is true.
400
True or false: Play should be a large part of child's day at a preschool.
What is true.
400
This person was the first female physician Italy and is well known for her early childhood program, Case dei Bambini. Today her approach to early childhood education continues to be popular throughout the world. There are many preschool and elementary programs who follow this philosophy.
What is Montessori.
500
True or False: Infants begin to experience separation anxiety around 6-8 months of age.
What is true.
500
True or false: Play is one of the most important things a preschooler can do.
What is true.
500
With respect to friendships, a) preschoolers have more friends than elementary students and are also less selective in who they call a friend; b) preschoolers have fewer friends than elementary students and are more selective in who they call a friend; or c) preschoolers and elementary students have the same number of friends.
What is a).
500
True or false: Research has shown that a high quality early childhood curriculum can have a long-term impact not only on a child's schooling but far into their adult lives.
What is true.
500
True or false: Discussion of universal prekindergarten is a current trend in early childhood education today.