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Self-help skills - Answers use fine motor skills to learn to undress themselves, dress themselves, wash
their faces, drink from cups, use eating utensils, and use toothbrushes to brush their teeth.
Manipulation skills - Answers explore objects by using the small muscles in their hands, fingers and
wrists
Bilateral skills - Answers using two things at once
Visual-motor skills - Answers eye and hand coordination
Spatial skills - Answers
What might a teacher do to be responsive to an 8-month-old who loves to drop food off the side of
her high-chair tray? - Answers Provide interesting materials during play that make sounds when
dropped
Give examples of items likely to support children's manipulative skills? - Answers - exploration of
objects with their hands, fingers, and wrist
- a small climber
Which theorist emphasized that children do not need formal lessons to learn; rather they need toys,
materials, and time to play? - Answers Jean Piaget
How would you encourage learning about and interest in spatial relationships? - Answers provide
opportunities for discoveries about spatial relationships, such as tunnels for crawling through or cups
to stack, fit a ball in a hole
Bringing both hands together in front of the infant's eyes is an example of:_________? - Answers
Bilateral skills
How would you relate to a mobile infant who loves to walk, pick up toys, take them across the room,
and then drop them? - Answers - understanding their developmental stage, encouraging exploration,
joining in their play, offering positive reinforcement, setting limits when necessary, and promoting
various aspects of their development.
What did Hanline, Milton, & Phelps emphasize as important for development of more complex
scribbles and drawings at the easel? - Answers Preschool children engaged drawings over three years,
concluded that the amount of time that children engaged in easel painting influenced the complexity
of the art product
Which theorist said, "Creativity is an aspect of how children think through assimilation and
accommodation"? - Answers Jean Piaget
What is dramatic play and how would you provide experiences. - Answers Dramatic play is a child
playing a role to provide experience you can have a center with pretend kitchen with small size
appliance so they can role play.
How does a care teacher relate to a toddler who doesn't like to paint? His parents don't want him to
get "dirty" and he seems to not want to get paint on his hands or clothing. - Answers Provide gloves
and an apron that the child can wear
What is auto-symbolic play? - Answers auto-symbolic play involves children using their own body
parts as symbols for other objects in imaginative play scenarios, showcasing their growing cognitive
and creative skills.
Asking and answering questions is a good way to reflect on children's interests and development.
How would you ask questions learn about children's symbolic/dramatic play interests and
development? - Answers
Why is lots of paper and lots of crayons more developmentally appropriate for toddlers than making a
product—such as an egg-carton caterpillar? - Answers Toddlers are at the experimental stage
List ways to bring music into the room . - Answers - Play calm music when babies are sleeping
- Sing songs during transitions to develop routines- clean up song
List three questions you could ask to reflect on children's or a child's sensory development? - Answers
- How does the child respond to different sensory stimuli?
- Are there any patterns or preferences in the child's responses?
- How do sensory experiences impact the child's behavior and interactions?
Describe how you would use the 3R's" to support Lan, a toddler who likes to sit and watch other
toddlers play with dress-up clothes, but does not want to do so himself. - Answers - To support Lan, a
toddler who enjoys watching others play dress-up but doesn't want to join, it's important to respect