CDA Practice 1

Mrs. Kline prides herself on the educational activities she provides for the children in her home child care practice. She has two four-year-old children in her care. The others are two or three years old. Mrs. Kline sets out some building blocks. She lets the children have free play with the blocks for several minutes, then adds a challenge for the four-year-olds. Which of the following would be the most appropriate challenge for these children?

• Stacking one block on top of another

• Asking them how many blocks they would need to make a triangle, square, or rectangle

• Asking them to make a shape with the blocks and tell her about it

• Asking them to build something and then recreate it on paper

You have a student in your class who is concerned about the impending birth of his baby sister. His behavior has shown signs of his stress. Which of the below actions on your part will best help him to begin to adjust?

• Tell him it's going to be alright. Babies are cool.

• Give him extra support, be available to him to listen and help him find the words he needs to voice his concerns.

• Read a book about new babies.

• Have him create a picture including his new sibling.

You go on a field trip to the zoo and take a lot of pictures. What is a literacy activity you could plan around this trip?

• Have the children color mimeographed pictures of a hippo.

• Have the children practice writing the letter Z on lined paper.

• Have the children make a class book about their experience.

• Have the children pretend to be giraffes.

It is a good idea to do which of the following:

• Regularly update your emergency contact list.

• Check toys to make sure they don't have broken pieces.

• Refill your First Aid kit.

• All the above.

You have a student in your class whose family speaks only Spanish. He understands a few words of English. Which of the below things can you do in your room to show respect for his language and promote the learning of English?

• Make all labels and signs in both English and Spanish and have books in both English and Spanish in your library.

• Speak slowly, he doesn't understand you.

• Nothing, he needs to learn English.

• Learn to speak Spanish so you can communicate with him.

The philosophy of the program you work for is:

• important for you to know.

• something your director made up.

• not your concern, it’s for the parents.

• information you can get from the brochure.

Maddison, a three year old in your classroom, has seemed very tired lately and is actually falling asleep during your circle time. You let her sleep at first thinking it was just a one time thing, but it's been happening a few times a week. What should you do?

• Let her sleep, clearly her parents are not putting her to bed early enough.

• Wake her up, she's missing important learning time.

• Let her sleep today, it's clear she needs it. Talk to her mother at pick up and tell her what you're seeing. Find out from Mom if there have been any recent changes that may be causing this excessive tiredness.

• Let her sleep but tell her mother that she can no longer come to school if she can't stay awake. Clearly she just isn't ready to be in school all day.

It's winter and the children all bring snow boots so they can play outside in the snow. When you come back in, you realize many of the children are having trouble putting their shoes back on and, if they don't get them on soon, you won't have time for the story you wanted to read. What should you do?

• Use this as a teachable moment and have all the kids sit down and practice putting on their shoes.

• Let them keep their boots on, the story is a really good one.

• Put their shoes on for them. You don't have time to read the story if you don't.

• Don't play outside in the snow, it's too complicated with this many students.

When assessing the developmental progress of an individual child, the best procedure is:

• Use a single sample from a demarcated period of time to make assessments.

• Use multiple sources of evidence to assess abilities.

• Ignore cultural influences and expectations. Hold each child to a set standard.

• Make assumptions and interpretations based on the behaviors of other children.

Confidentiality guidelines should be communicated to staff and families. Such guidelines should most likely include all but which of the following?

• Support standards for each child's culture, language, ethnicity and family structure.

• Who will have access to children's assessment records

• Laws and regulations regarding rights to access

• Procedures set to keep records confidential