WorksheetsCHCECE036 Provide experiences to support children's play
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
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?
Why is it important for a child-centred curriculum to reflect a range and variety of experiences?
Match the following learning styles
absorbs and retains information better when it is presented in, for example, pictures, images and videos
Visual
prefers listening such as storytelling or singing a song
Auditory
prefers actions and doing, such as dancing
Kinaesthetic
Arrange the Mildred Parten stages of play in ascending order of age, from the youngest to the oldest.
Unoccupied Play (Birth – 3 Months of Age) e.g., tummy time
Solitary Play (3 Months – 2 Years of Age) e.g., children play alone
Onlooker Play (2.5 – 3.5 Years of Age) e.g., children will watch other children, but won’t engage with them
Parallel Play (3.5 to 4 Years of Age) e.g., children play side-by-side but not interacting with each other
Associative Play (3 – 4 Years of Age) e.g., children begin to engage in activities with other children.
Free play is unplanned, (a) motivated, and (b) .
Match the following characteristics of play
Participation is optional, although children can be invited, asked or suggested to play.
Voluntary
Enjoyable, engaging
and fun.
Pleasurable
Pretended and has meaning to the player but not always to the observer.
Symbolic
Requires physical, verbal or mental engagement with people, objects and ideas.
Active
