Physical activities in an early learning center should:

Promote both gross motor and fine motor muscle development

Master teachers can promote a positive self-concept by:

Allowing children to make choices and achieve tasks by themselves.

In what way can a master teacher help a child in a crisis situation?

Be a source of stability for the child.

When planning activities for preschool-age children, the master teacher should primarily plan activities that:

Present concepts to emotional activities such as divorce and death.

When presenting musical activities:

Children should not be forced to participate.

Activities for two-year-olds can begin:

to explore differences in individuals.

Multicultural activities should:

Reflect the cultures of all the children at the center

In young children, self-concept is developed:

From the feelings others have toward the child.

Cephalocaudal development is defined as development that begins with gaining control of:

the head and shoulders first, then hands and feet.

A stereotype is defined as:

A generalization about a group of people, usually negative

When planning activities that require fine motor muscle skills, the master teacher should plan:

activities that serve a range of abilities

When children are difficult to understand, the master teacher should:

Ask children to repeat it or “show me”.

Early education teachers should:

Never criticize a child’s work.

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1
Physical activities in an early learning center should:
Promote both gross motor and fine motor muscle development
Neither; physical activities should be purely recreational
Promote only fine motor muscle development
Promote only gross motor muscle development
2
Master teachers can promote a positive self-concept by:
Allowing children to make choices and achieve tasks by themselves.
Ignoring children’s needs.
Encouraging children to downplay their accomplishments.
Always “helping” children.
3
In what way can a master teacher help a child in a crisis situation?
Tell the families of other classmates what the child is going through.
Be a source of stability for the child.
Discourage the child from expressing his feelings while at the center.
Work independently to help the child through the crisis.
4
Cognitive activities should encourage children to:
Use textbooks
Accept whatever the teacher presents
Ask questions and find answers
Be quiet and listen
5
When planning activities for preschool-age children, the master teacher should primarily plan activities that:
Present concepts to emotional activities such as divorce and death.
Teach them to deal with more complex emotional issues.
Respond to their needs and provide interaction with them.
Respond to their needs and allow them to express emotions.
6
When presenting musical activities:
All children over the age of three must participate.
Only musically talented children should participate.
All children must participate.
Children should not be forced to participate.
7
For what kind of expression should emotional activities allow?
Physical expression.
No expressions should be allowed during emotional activities.
Only non-verbal expression.
Only verbal expression.
8
Cognitive activities challenge children’s thinking skills and:
Physical skills
Artistic skills
Reasoning skills
Musical skills
9
Activities for two-year-olds can begin:
To focus only on things that they are familiar with such as family
to present concepts related to social activities like responsibility
to present concepts such as ecology
to explore differences in individuals.
10
Multicultural activities should:
Teach about different cultures and highlight the differences among people
Focus on the predominant culture of the children at the center
Reflect the cultures of all the children at the center
Encourage children to downplay their heritage so everyone can be more alike
11
Cognitive activities should use:
A video-based approach
A teacher-directed approach
A hands-on approach
A textbook-based approach
12
In young children, self-concept is developed:
From the child’s perceptions of the world around him.
From the feelings others have toward the child.
From instruction received at the center
From educational television programs.
13
The focus of language activities for your children should be on:
Written language
Learning the alphabet
Oral language
Both oral and written language
14
Cephalocaudal development is defined as development that begins with gaining control of:
the center of the body outward to the extremities
the head and shoulders first, then hands and feet.
the muscles of the eye
the hands and feet, then inward to the center of the body
15
When participating in art activities children should:
Be allowed to be “messy”.
Always be neat
Copy the teacher.
Use patterns.
16
To help develop language skills, the master teacher should
Minimize interaction among children
Practice manuscriptwriting
Have children watch television
Have group times
17
An example of a fine motor skill is
Crawling
Walking
Writing
Throwing
18
A stereotype is defined as:
An feeling about a group of people that is formed without information
An attitude or feeling that leads to unfair treatment of a person
A study of how people live
A generalization about a group of people, usually negative
19
When planning activities that require fine motor muscle skills, the master teacher should plan:
activities that serve a range of abilities
only activities that are difficult so that all children are challenged
only activities that are simple so each child can easily participate
no fine motor activities
20
When children are difficult to understand, the master teacher should:
Assume what they are trying to say
Ignore them
Ask children to repeat it or “show me”.
Correct their language
21
An activity that promotes the development of fine muscle control is:
Sitting still
Walking
Climbing
Art
22
Cognitive activities should be based on children’s interests and:
The master teacher’s knowledge
Materials the center has available
Experiences
Current world events
23
Skills that involve physical actions requiring big movements such as crawling, walking, kicking, throwing, are known as
Agility
Gross motor skills
Fine motor skills
Coordination
24
When involved in creative activities, the most important outcome is:
Developing artistic ability.
Following instructions exactly.
The end product.
The process.
25
When talking to children, teachers should
Not ask any questions
Ask open-ended questions
Ask yes/no questions
Ask very few questions
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Early education teachers should:
Use constructive criticism.
Criticize only older children.
Never criticize a child’s work.
Only criticize to make the work better.

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