EYFS quiz 1

How many areas of learning and development are there?

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 7

How many prime areas are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Name the prime areas, there are multiple answers.

• Communication and Language

• Physical development

• Mathematics

• Personal, social and emotional development

Providers must also support children in other specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. The specific areas are:

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Understanding the world

• Expressive arts and design

Communication and Language is the development of children’s spoken language, select all of the appropriate statements below which describe how this can be done in the setting.

• Children’s back-and-forth interactions from an early age form the foundations for language and cognitive development.

• The number and quality of the conversations they have with adults and peers throughout the day in a language-rich environment is crucial.

• By commenting on what children are interested in or doing, and echoing back what they say with new vocabulary added, practitioners will build children's language effectively.

• Reading frequently to children, and engaging them actively in stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems, and then providing them with extensive opportunities to use and embed new words in a range of contexts, will give children the opportunity to thrive.