CHCECE036 Provide experiences to support children's play

What does play provide for children?

• Opportunities to learn and discover

• Opportunities to compete and win

• Opportunities to rest and relax

• Opportunities to follow instructions

What can play promote in children?

• Positive dispositions towards learning

• Negative attitudes towards learning

• Indifference towards learning

• Fear of learning

What strategies do early childhood educators use to support learning through play?

• Sustained shared conversations and interaction

• Strict rules and discipline

• Isolation and individual work

• Passive observation

What aspects of development does play support in children?

• Physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development

• Physical development only

• Intellectual development only

• Emotional development only

What can children learn and practice through play?

• Language, problem-solving, and creativity

• Mathematics, science, and history

• Reading, writing, and spelling

• Sports, music, and art

What does a holistic approach to teaching and learning in early childhood education recognise?

• The connectedness of mind, body, and spirit

• The separation of mind, body, and spirit

• The importance of academic achievement only

• The importance of physical development only

What is the primary focus of a child-centred curriculum?

• To formalise learning

• Learning through play

• To meet regulations

• To ensure children learn STEM

A child-centred curriculum is based on which of the following?

• Teacher's convenience
• School's policy
• Child's needs and interests
• Government's guidelines

Why is it important for a child-centred curriculum to reflect a range and variety of experiences?

• To ensure that all children have the same experiences
• To ensure that children are exposed to a variety of experiences that promote their overall development
• To ensure that children are only exposed to experiences that they are comfortable with
• To ensure that children are only exposed to experiences that they excel in

Match the following learning styles

• Visual

• absorbs and retains information better when it is presented in, for example, pictures, images and videos

• Auditory

• prefers listening such as storytelling or singing a song

• Kinaesthetic

• prefers actions and doing, such as dancing