reading check 3

Question 1

According to the researcher who first studied and wrote about risky play, risky play includes 6 types or categories. These are play with great heights, play with high speed, play with dangerous tools, play near dangerous elements, rough-and-tumble play, and play where children go exploring alone. ​
T/F

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In the two articles about adolescent leisure, both from outside the US (Germany / Hong Kong), the authors reported some similarities in patterns of leisure in teens. Teens in both places reported fairly significant engagement in both sports or physical activity AND media use/screen time.
T/F

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Adventure playgrounds allow children to engage in __________________.

Answer 3

many forms of play

Question 4

In most US schools, access to most forms of risky play has been denied either through lack of opportunity, lack of materials/equipment, or explicit adult rules. The one form of risky play still often allowed at recess includes _____________.

Answer 4

play at rapid speeds

Question 5

Match the example of a play activity with its type of risky play.

Climbing a tree –>

Answer 5

play with great heights

Question 6

Match the example of a play activity with its type of risky play.

sawing wood with a saw –>

Answer 6

play with dangerous tools

Question 7

Match the example of a play activity with its type of risky play.

balancing on a log in a stream–>

Answer 7

play with dangerous elements

Question 8

Match the example of a play activity with its type of risky play.

chasing and wrestling each other–>

Answer 8

rough and tumble play

Question 9

Match the example of a play activity with its type of risky play.

skateboarding on park surfaces like steps/ railings etc–>

Answer 9

play at rapid speeds

Question 10

According to your readings this week, the benefits of rough and tumble play include _________________.

Answer 10

improved physical health, developing social competence, and motor skill development

Question 11

form of play below that is not common in adolescence.

Answer 11

role play / pretend

Question 12

In school age children (5+) construction play continues, but in a different form than during preschool. Select the difference(s) from the list below.

Answer 12

children of school age engage in construction and social interrelation at the same time, use construction as props for their pretend, construct more complex structures

Question 13

Rough and tumble play is aggressive.
T/F

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The type of play called ‘games with rules’ begins during _____________ and peaks during the ages of __________.

Answer 14

Preschool (4ish), 7 - 11 years