Deck 3: The Role of Play

Question 1

Block play is a traditional learning center that has many benefits for young children including all of the following except:

A)Sorting and classifying objects.
B)Delay understanding of symbolic relationships.
C)Encourage language and communication.
D)The construction of elaborate unique structures.
E)All of the above.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Housekeeping (Home Living) is recognized as an area that encourages which of the following?

A)Socio dramatic play related to children's experiences.
B)Provides limited themes for play and role playing.
C)Immature play that is not important in the early years.
D)Play that is not related to their home, family, or culture.
E)All of the above.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Describe three ways that the play environment can be enhanced to include and build understanding of children with special needs.

Answer 3

Some points that might be included are that materials are open-ended so a variety of levels of children can work together and be successful.
Materials are included that visually represent children with special needs: books, toys, equipment, and props.
Communication is encouraged and support as children interact in play environments that include "all" levels and needs.

Question 4

It is difficult to define play because the boundaries between exploration and work are not always clearly identifiable.To identify play, it is helpful to recognize specific features which include:

A)The child chooses to be involved in play.
B)Play is intrinsically motivating.
C)It is pleasurable for the child.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 5

Learning Centers (Play Centers) provide opportunities for creative and dramatic play since they are:

A)Able to provide few play experiences that are at their developmental level.
B)Equipped with closed/focused materials that limit the participation.
C)Designed to allow children to select the center and materials they will use.
D)Not self-managing and require a great deal of adult supervision.
E)All of the above.

Question 6

The play environment should include possibilities for children to explore race, ethnicity, gender, and special needs through the addition of which items?

A)Books about diverse cultures.
B)Books, pictures, and tools for people with special needs.
C)Male and female clothing, pictures, tools, and dolls.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 7

With new interest in academic skills, it is essential that teachers help parents understand the benefits and learning possibilities provided in play.How can this be done?

A)Pairing curriculum goals to academic skills.
B)Provide parent education about developmentally appropriate learning and the importance of play in that connection.
C)Display learning objectives in the classroom and learning centers that are accomplished through play.
D)Both B and C.

Question 8

Research on brain development indicates that play is essential to the development of neural pathways.This can be explained by some basic principles of brain development, which include all of the following except:

A)Connections are built between learning and positive emotions.This principle supports children making decisions about play activities and making choices that they enjoy.
B)The brain is continually growing and adapting to the environment.This supports the use of varying space and rotating play materials in and out of the classroom.
C)Every brain is uniquely organized.The inclusion of open-ended materials challenges the child to use his or her brain in various ways.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 9

One of the theories of play explained by Erikson describes the progression of play to Macrosphere play, which is:

A)Sharing play with others.
B)Play with self and things.
C)Microsphere play with small objects.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 10

In Constructivist theory one of the types of play identified in young children is "pre-operational play" which is:

A)The development of Symbolic Play.
B)Functional Play.
C)Games with Rules.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 11

The teacher's role in providing appropriate play in an early childhood classroom includes all of the following except:

A)Modeling and participating in play in a minor role.
B)Being a resource to nurture thinking and problem solving.
C)Selecting the children's roles and themes.
D)Planning the environment so children will participate in play.
E)All of the above.

Question 12

Socio Dramatic Play refers to a level of involvement that includes which of the following?

A)Communication between two or more players.
B)Child substitutes an item for a real object.
C)Make believe is used.
D)Role playing.
E)All of the above.

Question 13

It is important to integrate literacy experiences into play in ways that are meaningful for young children.What is an example of a meaningful literacy experience?

A)Structure lessons on reading.
B)Writing tools that relate to the center play.
C)Books and printed materials that relate to the center theme.
D)Signs and posters that provide information related to the center.
E)All of the above.

Question 14

Vygotsky concluded that play has features that make it essential in a child's development.What are the features?

A)It provides rules of behavior that the child must follow in the play situation.
B)It creates an imaginary situation that permits the child to explore unrealized desires.
C)In play the child is functioning below their zone of proximal development (ZPD).
D)Both A and B.