Deck 9: Environments of School-Age Children

Question 1

A challenge to having programs in churches or schools is that

A) it requires good communication
B) they are busy with people going in and out
C) not everyone will let their children be there
D) the child is going to someplace they already spend a lot of time

Answer 1

it requires good communication

Question 2

The three dimensions of environments for children are

A) Personal, temporal, interpersonal
B) Physical, personal, interpersonal
C) Physical, temporal, interpersonal
D) Personal, physical, temporal

Answer 2

Physical, temporal, interpersonal

Question 3

A nurturing environment where it is easy for parents to interact with children is

A) The only type of successful environment
B) Difficult for children to learn how to challenge their knowledge
C) Helpful the parents to teach
D) Supportive of the children and their priorities

Answer 3

Supportive of the children and their priorities

Question 4

Attractive environments are different for everyone, one way to tell what a child thinks is attractive is to

A) Ask them to describe how their mom sets up the house
B) Ask them to describe their bedrooms
C) Ask them what they would do with an open space
D) Ask them what color they want their car to be

Question 5

One way to help with sound overlap and intrusion a person can

A) Hang fabric banners from the ceiling
B) Hold activities in the center of the room
C) Do quiet activities outside
D) Have quiet hours like in a library

Question 6

In the context of this chapter, ADA stands for

A) American Diabetes Association
B) An object-oriented programming language
C) Americans with Disabilities Act
D) American Dental Association

Question 7

Careful planning of furniture arrangements will encourage

A) Interest in a variety of activities
B) All of these answers are right
C) Appropriate behavior
D) Interaction and creativity

Question 8

The author of your text believes that homework

A) Should be done at home with the parents
B) Should be completed before parents arrive
C) Should be done in a quiet place, with no talking or moving around
D) Should be done in a comfortable, stress-free environment

Question 9

The interpersonal dimension of the environment has to do with _____________________

A) How many children are in the program
B) The nature of relationships between and among children, staff, and parents
C) Whether the children have enough time to complete the activities
D) Whether the furniture is comfortable or not