Exam 9: Dramatic Play

Dramatic play supports the cognitive development in children by helping them to:

Christie and Wardle (1992) conducted a study of children's play behaviour that concluded there was no correlation between the length of time children have to play and the maturity of the play.

Puppets speak a universal language.

A preschool child who is starting to become more mature in their pretend play should be able to:

In facilitating dramatic play, early learning teachers add provocations to:

According to Parten (1932), adults help children play cooperatively during dramatic play by making sure there are familiar props in multiple sets available.

During the Roles in Action stage of dramatic play, scenarios can last from an hour or be extended to many.

During the early stages of dramatic play children will take on roles that are:

Taking on a role of another helps children to see the perspective of others.

Dramatic play becomes social play when it involves:

According to Howard Gardner, which three kinds of intelligences can children use during dramatic play?

No matter what the space requirements are, every early learning environment should have a "house" centre as well as another area for prop boxes.

When writing materials are added to the dramatic play centre, the experiences are more meaningful than if children are given lessons to practice their letters at a table.

According to Parten (1932), if a child is standing watching other children involved in a dramatic play scenario enacting an airplane theme where they are pretending to fly to Mexico, he would be considered:

According to Gardner's theory, intrapersonal intelligence is considered the ability to:

Children who adopt actions, feelings, thoughts, and behaviours of people in particular situations are involved in:

Smilansky identified _____criteria of dramatic play:

There are many connections between cognitive competence such as joint planning, negotiation, problem solving, and goal seeking with dramatic play.

A child with limited language skills who is watching a puppet play will:

By using teacher theatre you would be trying to help children solve classroom disputes. Give an example of what you would do and relate it to theory.