Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Question 1

What does NAEYC mean?

Answer 1

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Question 2

What does Developmentally Appropriate Practice focuses on (age range)

Answer 2

Birth to age 8

Question 3

What are the three components of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Answer 3

Age, Individually, Social/ Culturally

Question 4

What is Developmentally Appropriate Practice a concept of?

Answer 4

Intentionally

Question 5

In Developmentally appropriate programs goals must be what

Answer 5

Achievable, yet challenging enough

Question 6

TRUE or FALSE

Developmentally Appropriate Practice is a Curriculum

Answer 6

FALSE

A set of Guidelines

Question 7

What is one of the best predictors of school and life success?

Answer 7

The ability to communicate

Question 8

What are Structural indicators?

Answer 8

Things that are regulable (monitored and are important for providing consistent care) Ex. Smaller Group Size, Inclusive environment

Question 9

What are Process indicators?

Answer 9

What programs do to promote development (observable interactions)
Ex. Child size furnishings, Established routines

Question 10

What did the Perry Preschool study show?

Answer 10

That children raised in poor quality child-care may actually have problem

Question 11

What are some written discipline policy?

Answer 11

• Children shall not be subjected to severe, humiliating, or frightening
• Shall not be associated with food, rest, or toileting
• Spanking, or other physical punishments

Question 12

TRUE or FALSE

A child that have separation anxiety, so you should make a brief separation plan for anyone is in need

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

What is Motivational theories?

Answer 13

Someone personal motivation and desires

Question 14

What is Social development theories?

Answer 14

The emotional and personality development

Question 15

What is Intellectual/ cognitive development theories?

Answer 15

The development on someone’s intellectual understanding of their world

Question 16

What is the ability to do something with help or assistance and the ability to do something without help or assistance?

Answer 16

“Zone of Proximal Development”

Question 17

What is Scaffolding?

Answer 17

The assistance a teacher or more skilled peer provides

Question 18

What is a specialized nerve cells that make up the central nervous system?

Answer 18

A neuron

Question 19

What is a fiber that sends messages away to other neurons?

Answer 19

An axon

Question 20

What accepts incoming messages from the axons?

Answer 20

Dendrites

Question 21

TRUE or FALSE

In a child’s brain there are many more neurons than are actually needed

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

TRUE or FALSE

Pushing children too early into fine motor tasks can be frustrating and may leave children feeling stressed and unsuccessful

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

What is Solitary play?

Answer 23

Playing alone

Question 24

What is parallel play?

Answer 24

Playing beside another child but not playing with them

Question 25

What is Associative play?

Answer 25

Playing with other child with mild talking

Question 26

What is Cooperative play?

Answer 26

Playing with other children and planning together a lot of talking

Question 27

Scaffolding means that you know…..

Answer 27

What the children already know and can do, and then introduce new activities towards something they do not yet know or cannot yet do