Toddler and Preschool Development

Generally speaking, the first words a toddler uses are:

• nouns.

• verbs.

• adjectives.

• pronouns.

Which statement about toilet training is true?

• Children are ready to be toilet trained when they turn two.

• Parents should train the child when the child is physically and emotionally ready.

• If the child has an accident, get angry and make them clean it up.

• Once you start training the child, do not stop until the child is trained.

Egocentrism is:

• dependency on others.

• seeing things from only your point of view.

• when toddlers share.

• making mistakes and exploring the world around you.

During a family picnic, you observe a toddler running around. Which statement about this toddler's physical development is likely true?

• The toddler runs with their feet further apart than an adult would, showing a common stage in physical development.

• It's easy for the toddler to go down stairs alternating feet without any help.

• The toddler lacks the eye-hand coordination necessary to feed themselves.

• The toddler can easily hop on one foot, showing advanced physical coordination for their age.

Toddlers self-help skills include all the following except:

• Laundry

• Feeding

• Dressing

• Washing & drying themselves

When Sarah talks to her two-year-old using clear and correct language, this practice is:

• Not important because it is cute to hear kids talk wrong.

• Important for proper development.

• Only something Mom’s need to do.

• None of the above.

What type of play do toddlers MOST often participate in?

• Onlooker play

• Parallel play

• Cooperative play

• Dramatic play

When observing children at a playground, you notice their imaginative play and symbolic thinking. This indicates they are in the __________ level of Jean Piaget's Cognitive Development:

Compared to growth during infancy and toddlerhood, growth during the preschool years:

• Slows and size varies due to individual growth patterns

• Stays the same and size varies due to individual growth

• Speeds up and size varies due to individual growth patterns

• Has many spurts of fast and slow

One of the most important things you can do with your child is:

• Read to them

• Allow them to pick their own bedtime

• Let them have their own way

• None of the above