Exam 11: Physical Development Through the Curriculum

Schools are becoming responsible for fewer aspects of children's care.

Sensory materials involving visual and tactile discrimination are called ______.

A theoretical view of physical development that holds that motor behaviors are a prerequisite for and lead to cognitive abilities is known as ______.

Briefly describe how cooking activities benefit young children.

The large number of children who are overweight due to unhealthy habits is referred to as ______.

Ariel wants to have her students gain creativity by playing with manipulatives that are open-ended. Which of the following products would be the best for her to purchase?

Which of the following is a self-correcting manipulative?

Identify Marotz's ten nutritional concepts that should be included in an early childhood education program. Then explain how you would include two of them in your classroom.

The skills involved in the use of the small muscles of the fingers and hands necessary for such tasks as picking up objects, writing, drawing, and buttoning are known as ______ development.

Explain at least three ways how you might adapt the physical activities in your classroom to accommodate a child with limited physical abilities.

How many pieces should puzzles for dexterous 5- to 8-year-olds include?

What has been labeled as an epidemic public health crisis for school-aged children today?

If you had a block area in your classroom, explain how you would decide when to become involved in the activities of the children and what your role would be.

Bri is going to have her preschool class do a focused exploration of blocks. Which of the following is the most appropriate thing for her to say to them in this case as they begin the activity?

Repetition of certain motor patterns lead children to form representations of experiences known as ______.

In the third year of life, children ______.

Rosa watches four children jumping. If they are all developing at the average rate, which child does Rosa identify as being three years old?

In the early childhood classroom, nutrition should be ______.

Gina is eighteen months old. If you wanted to see if she has normal fine motor skills, which task would you see if she could do?

Briefly describe why there may be a safety hazard to very young children using some construction toys and other small manipulatives.