Enabling Environments Quiz

1. What should an enabling environment offer to children? Select three answer

• Resources that are only reflective of the local culture
• Stimulating resources relevant to all children's communities
• Purposeful play and positive interactions
• Support to allow children to explore and take risks

2. Playing rule_based games helps children to develop...

• relationship building skills, gross motor skills, and fine motor skills
• imagination and expression, language cognition, and early writing skills

3. In the EYFS, what is "continuous provision"?

• The equipment, resources, and designated areas in the indoor and outdoor environment that are freely available to children
• The equipment and resources that are required by each county council for primary, infant, and junior schools

4. What opportunities can a digging area or mud kitchen provide for children? Select three answer

• Exploration of the characteristics and changing states of the materials
• Opportunities for a quite play environment
• Opportunities to incorporate role play
• Exploration of what lives underground

5. For successful indoor environment play, consideration should be given to...

• the opportunities for children to become engrossed, to plany their play, and to reflect their interests
• the opportunities for children to accept pre-planned play, and to focus on play despite disruptions

6. Which of the four steps of the creative process would see children testing out a solution to a problem to see if their idea works?

• Preparation
• Incubation
• Illumation
• Verification

7. How can practitioners foster self-regulation in the learning environment? Select 2 answers

• Giving children access to resources without a defined purpose
• Providing opportunities to test hypotheses
• Organising defined, adult-led activities

8. How can creative play, such as block play, help EAL or non-verbal children with communication?

• It gives them the opportunity to play independently
• It allows them to express themselves through their play

9. What should you do if the child does not respond straight away after you have spoken to them?

• Repeat what you have said or ask additional questions
• Pause and give the child time to process what you have said and think of a response

10. As a child becomes more comfortable with talking, how can you support them to expand their vocabulary?

• Repeat what the child has said but build on it by adding more words to increase their language
• Ask the child to suggest descriptive words to add to their sentence