Quiz For Child care Choice

1. The child care program's primary goal focuses on:

The child's interest and natural learning (the teacher does not interfere)

Helping the child plan their activities before they conduct them and review the activity after it is completed

Helping children explore and locate information based on their interests and questions

Helping the children use their senses to explore their world

Promoting self-directed activities for children to complete individually or with others (if desired)

The child's mind, body, and spirit

Children's play and learning is informed by children's development and socio-cultural background

2. The teacher's role is primarily to:

Play with the children and make sure that they are engaged

Observe the children and not disrupt their natural curious state

Provide well-though out materials and help facilitate the child's ideas with specific plans which are reviewed and discussed

Observe and keep detailed records of the child's thoughts, predictions, and information gathered

Prepare a purposeful environment where children can work on tasks and the teacher doesn't interrupt

Ask children open-ended questions in order to help children engage creatively

Prepares the classroom in order to allow children to explore their environment

Act as an additional parental figure who is loving, caring, and models actions for the children

Use developmental understanding to guide children's learning

3. The Child's primary responsibility is to:

Play and the curriculum that develops around his/her interests

Plan, complete play activities, and discuss activities after they are completed

Initiate questions and predictions about topics and gather information to answer questions and check predictions

Initiate learning by using the different materials in the classroom

Engage with the materials in a purposeful way and to complete practical tasks individually or with others (if desired)

Play and develop both spiritually and physically

Play and engage with other students

4. The preferred material used in the classroom is:

Wooden or other natural material toys based on real world objects (like a play kitchen or yarn balls)

Natural toys focused on finger manipulations, sorting by size or color, or real world activities like buckling or pouring

Wooden or other natural materials focused on creative expression, including artistic materials, tree blocks, dolls, or animals

Doesn't matter; all types of materials are acceptable

5. Upon leaving the program, the child will be able to:

Be curious, extend play over a period of time, and set the pace and structure of his/her own learning

Be prepared for kindergarten and score higher tests than children who are similar to him/her

Be curious, represent knowledge in a variety of ways, ask questions, and understand how to solve problems through research

Interact with his/her world through people, events, and materials

Be independent, focused, and self-reliant

Use his/her imagination and focus on the body and mind

Play and engage with other students to learn

6. The family is:

Expected to provide materials and is viewed as the expert on the child

Considered a partner and helps the child learn

Expected to work closely with the caregivers

Not expected to be too involved. It is important that family members do not interrupt the child's daily tasks

7. This type of activity is very important in a program:

Play-based learning

Language skills

Mathematical skills

Scientific inquiry

Social and emotional skills

Preparation for kindergarten (reading, writing, math skills)

Culturally inclusive

Art

Social interaction

Physical development

Spiritual development (not necessarily religious)