Play and Preschooler Review

Four- and five-year-olds have a good understanding of death

• True

• False

Jungle gyms, planks, sawhorses, and wooden boxes can all promote outdoor socio-dramatic play

• True

• False

Imaginary playmates are common for four-year-olds

• True

• False

A four-year-old can understand five-step command

• True

• False

Four- and five-year-olds need to develop vocabulary describing emotions, which is called ____

• articulation

• expressive language

• emotional language

• receptive language

A four-year-old’s self-help skills usually include ____

• putting shoes on correct feet

• unbuttoning back buttons

• dressing and undressing without assistance

• distinguishing the front and back of clothing

The five-year-old usually can ___

• recognize numerals 1 through 15

• rote count from 1 through 30

• recognize square and rectangle shapes

• write numerals 1 through 10

Five-year-olds usually _

• use more physical means to express anger than younger children

• use more verbal means to express anger than younger children

• use more physical means to express anger toward adults

• None of the above.

____ play describes two or more children playing together.

• Interdependent

• Parallel

• Cooperative

• Dependent

The play in which children play alone but near other children is called ____.

• aloof

• parallel

• dependent

• interdependent