Should I Be A Preschool Teacher? Quiz
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Are you preparing to become a preschool teacher? A preschool teacher is someone who provides care to children or toddlers aged 2–4 years old within childcare centers, licensed or home-based child care, and after-school programs. A good preschool teacher is essential to ensure the proper development of a child. This quiz will test your knowledge and give you a quick review to see if you're ready to provide early childhood education!
- 1.Discipline and punishment:
- A.
Are synonyms.
- B.
Should be used together to correct behavior quickly.
- C.
Discipline is an un-emotional method of teaching children correct ways of communicating and behaving; punishment is a negative response, often emotional, to negative behavior.
- D.
Discipline was tried in the 70s by hippies and doesn’t work; punishment is the only appropriate response to negative behavior.
- 2.Children need to run and move and be self-directed. That means that in the classroom:
- A.
You should set up all furniture against the wall so children have plenty of room to run from station to station.
- B.
Use the furniture to make distinct “centers” in the classroom that do not leave room for running through the room.
- C.
Have as many toys as possible out at a time so that children are not constrained in their choices.
- D.
Remove all materials and replace them with mats so children can tumble and roll safely all morning at school.
- 3.When children refuse to wear coats on a cool day, teachers should
- A.
Let them carry them outside in case they change their minds.
- B.
Cancel outdoor play for the class.
- C.
Physically force the child into the coat.
- D.
Let everyone else go outside and send that child to the director’s office.
- 4.A child who always takes a spatula from the dramatic play corner and hits other children
- A.
Should be hit with the spatula by the teacher so they can learn that it doesn’t feel good.
- B.
Should be removed from the housekeeping area until he/she can play without hurting other children.
- C.
Should be made to play baseball since he/she clearly like to swing sticks and hit things.
- D.
Should have to write “I shall not hit others” 50 times.
- 5.A child who keeps opening and closing the class door:
- A.
Should have his hand hit in the door, gently, so he learns it’s not safe.
- B.
Should be repeatedly told, “No! We don’t play with the door” until he learns.
- C.
Should be gently encouraged to join another activity in the class.
- D.
Should have his parents called because obviously he has repetitive behavior and is “on the spectrum.”
- 6.When a child misbehaves, it is usually because
- A.
They are trying to make mischief.
- B.
They are sociopaths who are unable to empathize.
- C.
They want to get a rise out of the teachers.
- D.
They are trying to communicate a need or feeling.
- 7.“Behavior Management” is:
- A.
About control and power – so teachers need to take control and seize the power.
- B.
About responding to developmentally appropriate needs of children.
- C.
Impossible when dealing with 12 2-yr olds.
- D.
Is most effectively done by getting down at a child’s eye level and yelling directly at them until they submit.
- 8.When planning class schedules and activities:
- A.
Teachers should plan to change activities and rooms about every 15 minutes so children with short attention spans don’t get bored.
- B.
Child should never be asked to participate in “circle time,” “specials,” or project work before the age of 4.
- C.
Children should be teacher-directed as much as possible because otherwise they won’t ever settle down and learn.
- D.
Classes should not have too many transitions from one activity to another.
- 9.When children routinely don’t eat their lunch, teachers should
- A.
Force open their mouths and insert the food.
- B.
Yell at them.
- C.
Keep them at the table until they finish eating.
- D.
Send home the uneaten food so parents can see what they are eating.
- 10.When a child likes to sit on the table in class
- A.
It’s not ok in the morning when the teachers says it’s against the rules, but it’ s ok in the afternoon because those teachers don't mind.
- B.
It’s okay if they parents say they do it at home, even if the rule is that no one sits on the table at school.
- C.
It’s not okay anytime if there is a school rule against sitting on the tables.
- D.
Unless someone is going to get hurt, there should be no rules.
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