Preschool Development

Due to a child’s small stomach, it is best to feed them how many small meals a day?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

During the preschool years a preschooler’s growth:

• Speeds up

• Slows down

• Stays the same

• Stops

Which is NOT a gross motor skill a 3-year old can complete?

• Hop on one foot

• Skip

• Walk backwards

• Stand on tip toe

Having imaginary friends during the preschool years:

• Is not normal and a parent should be worried

• Should be a cause for parents to get their child psychiatric help

• Is highly encouraged over having real friends

• Shows good social and emotional skills

Which is NOT an important social skill for preschoolers?

• Completing puzzels

• Learning to sit still for longer periods of time

• Raising their hands

• Taking turns

In Erikson’s stage of Initiative vs. Guilt, what does initiative mean?

• Problem solving by using feelings, pretending, or imitating

• Helping children learn to separate fact from fantasy

• Increasing the development of their hand-eye coordination

• The decision and motivation to accomplish more tasks than expected or asked

Preschoolers learn by participation and involvement in everyday ______.

• Trials

• Experiences

• Socialization

• Family drama

Preschoolers are in what stage of Piaget’s cognitive development stages?

• Concrete Operational

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Formal Operational

Children learn moral development by all EXCEPT:

• Parents teaching them the reasons for the rules

• Listening to their conscience

• Following the example of their parents

• Immediately being punished for their wrong doing

Match the Types of Play with their Descriptions: Parallel

• Playing alone

• Watching others play

• Playing next to another child, but not with them

• Where children play and interact with one another