CD Unit 5

Examples of infant communication include:

• Crying, babbling, cooing

• Crying, screaming, saying one word

• Using only gestures 

• Babbling and cooing

An infants first words usually occur around:

•  10-12 months

•   5 months

• 36 months

• 20 months

Responding to an infant using simple words, not using baby talk, and talking about activities and things around the child can encourage:

• Nonverbal communication

• Speech therapy

• Language development

• Crying to communicate

The sensorimotor period is when children are:

• Learning through play

• Learning through the senses

• Learning through sound

• Learning on their own

18 month old Wyatt takes apart his large legos and then puts them back together again. This is an example of:

• Beginning of thought

• Tertiary circular motion

• Early representational thought

• Parallel play

Sally lets her 2 year old watch an educational program for 20 minutes after school each day. This is an acceptable example of:

• Use of technology for toddlers

•   Parallel play

•   Learning through play

• Use of technology for infants

Two year olds Tom and Carlos are both playing with toy trucks but they are not playing together. This could be described as which type of play?

• Parallel Play

• Onlooker Play

• Solitary Play

• Cooperative Play

15 month old Destiny is playing by herself with a few toys. Which type of play is this?

• Dramatic Play

• Onlooker Play

• Solitary Play

• Cooperative Play

Jon and Gray work together to build a block tower. Which type of play is this?

• Parallel

• Cooperative play

• Associative play

• Onlooker play

Maria Montessori’s theory focuses on:

• Different types of intelligence

•   Egocentric Viewpoint

•   Learning through the senses

• Make believe play