ECE 2 Unit B Part 1

Which of the following is an example of a bodily-kinesthetic activity?

• The two-year-olds looked at a book about autumn leaves.

• The five-year-olds played “family” in the housekeeping center

• The seven-year-olds made rhymes with their favorite words.

• The nine-year-olds did push-ups and jumping jacks to music.

What is an example of a musical activity?

• The two-year-olds clapped in rhythm to match the rainfall.

• The five-year-olds made finger paintings for their parents.

• The seven-year-olds wrote stories about their favorite foods.

• The nine-year-olds talked with the teacher about their feelings.

Ms. White planned her preschool curriculum with both subject matter and timing of learning in mind—using learning materials, room layout, and teachable moments. Which approach to curriculum planning is this?

• Content-and-process-centered approach

• Emergent curriculum approach

• Projects approach

• Thematic approach

The teacher planned to develop a thematic unit around the idea of travel. She wrote several activity plans, made a map for recording related ideas, and made a block plan for the two weeks of lessons. In what order should the intern organize his/her work?

• Idea of travel, activity plans, map of related ideas, block plan

• Idea of travel, map of related ideas, block plan, activity plans

• Map of related ideas, activity plans, idea of travel, block plan

• Map of related ideas, block plan, idea of travel, activity plans

Organize these related themes from a spiral curriculum in expanding order from themes for two-year-olds, to themes for three-year-olds, to themes for four-to five-year-olds.

• Bakers and Chefs, Me and My Home, Tools for Building

• Me and My Home, Bakers and Chefs, Tools for Building

• Tools for Building, Me and My Home, Bakers and Chefs

• Tools for Building, Bakers and Chefs, Me and My Home

An early childhood program develops a curriculum that will work well with children who are easily distracted and find it difficult to concentrate. Which characteristic of developmentally appropriate curriculum is this?

• Reflects knowledge of attention spans of children in the program

• Reflects knowledge of normal child development within the given age span

• Shows relevance to the social and cultural backgrounds of children in the program

• Shows respect for each individual child and his/her rate of growth

Which is an example of an interpersonal activity?

• A two-year-old picked up autumn leaves.

• A five-year-old read a book in the reading center.

• A seven-year-old made rhymes with his/her favorite words.

• A nine-year-old played volleyball on the playground.

One of the NAEYC guidelines for developmental appropriateness of curriculum is: “Does it facilitate integration of content across traditional subject areas?” Which means the same as this question?

• Does it combine knowledge from more than one field of study?

• Does it have the child do or make something to make meaning of the information?

• Does it make the child feel safe and secure?

• Is it interesting for children?

The intern added four things to the activity plan: To understand that some materials absorb water. Water table will be outside in the play yard. Paint, paper, sponges, and water. Children mix primary colors to make secondary colors. In what order in the activity plan should the given

parts be listed?

• Objective, setting, materials, procedure

• Procedure, objective, setting, materials

• Setting, materials, procedure, objective

• Materials, setting, objective, procedure

Which is an example of developing a web diagram to show ideas as they emerge and connect?

• Eric let his mind think of as many activity ideas as possible.

• Lindsay put all of the ideas involving crafts into one stack.

• George told his supervising teacher about the ideas he had for fall activities.

• Hannah made a graphic organizer on which to record activity ideas as she thought of them.