Recall and Connect: Early Childhood Memories

Remembering significant milestones is important. Which of the following is an example of a significant milestone?

• Graduating from school

• Eating breakfast

• Wearing a red shirt

• Watching TV

The easiest to remember are:

• The ones that are simple and clear

• The ones that are long and complex

• The ones that are confusing

• The ones that have no pattern

Reflexes are best described as:

• Automatic and involuntary responses to stimuli

• Conscious and deliberate actions

• Slow and thoughtful movements

• Learned behaviors through practice

Myelination refers to:

• The process of forming a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

• The breakdown of muscle tissue

• The production of red blood cells

• The removal of toxins from the liver

The meaning of 'Pruning' in the context of child development is:

• The process of eliminating unused neural connections in the brain.

• The act of encouraging children to grow taller.

• A method of teaching children to read faster.

• The process of increasing the number of brain cells.

'Gross Motor Skills' are:

• Abilities involving large muscle movements such as walking and jumping.

• Skills related to fine hand movements like writing.

• Techniques for improving memory retention.

• Abilities to solve complex mathematical problems.

'Fine motor skills' are:

• the ability to perform tasks that require small muscle movements, especially of the hands and fingers

• the ability to run and jump using large muscles

• skills related to language and communication

• the ability to balance and maintain posture

Sound blending is:

• the process of combining individual sounds to form words

• the process of separating words into individual sounds

• the act of repeating sounds for emphasis

• the process of identifying rhyming words

'Subitise' means:

• To instantly recognize the number of objects without counting

• To count objects one by one

• To estimate the number of objects

• To arrange objects in a line

A 'Number bond' is:

• a simple addition of two numbers that add up to a given number.

• a subtraction of two numbers to get a given number.

• a multiplication of two numbers to get a given number.

• a division of two numbers to get a given number.