Chapter 7 Knowledge Check

Chapter 7

Quiz yourself using the following chapter review questions to check how well you can recall the material.

Review Questions

1. True or False. It is 10:00 am. Teacher Tanya told the children it was time for table toys. The children are sitting at the tables using magna-tiles. This is considered play.
2. Which list is correct for the domains (areas) of development that are used when children play?
   1. Learning, activity
   2. Cognitive, physical, social and emotional
   3. Listening, following directions
   4. Happy, excited
3. Tanisha is looking at lego pieces, hits them together without connecting them, puts pieces down and picks them up, turns pieces around, continues banging them together and suddenly they stick together. Tanisha is engaging in _______ play.
4. Zachary is building a castle with legos. Zachary is engaging in _______  play.
5. Tad built a castle with blocks. Tad is pacing in front of the castle wearing a hat and carrying a stick. Tad announces: “I am the guard of the castle.” Tad is engaged in _______  play.
6. Greg, Jin, and Karl are playing outdoors. They are pretending the play structure is a castle. Karl and Greg are knights; Jin is the king. Greg, Jin, and Karl are engaging in _______ .
7. Susie is watching three children play family in the dramatic play area. Which engagement strategy is Susie using?
   1. Cooperative
   2. Parallel
   3. Onlooker
   4. Solitary
8. Tanya is building with duplos and is sitting next to Sonja, who is doing a puzzle. Tanya and Sonja are engaging in…
   1. Cooperative
   2. Parallel
   3. Onlooker
   4. Solitary
9. True or False. Children of all ages, including infants, use the cooperative play engagement strategy.
10. True or False. Reading or looking at a book is physical play.
11. Which description below fits with children’s risky play?
    1. Children always get hurt when engaging in risky play.
    2. Children take on risks when engaging in risky play.
    3. Children are defiant.
    4. Children observe others but do not do anything.
12. True or False. The Butterflies preschool classroom daily schedule has 20 minutes of free play. This is okay because there is free play and the teacher could not make it any longer because there are academic activities such as language/literacy and math on the schedule.
13. True or False. Getting ready to go outdoors and putting on coats, hats, etc. presents an opportunity for children to develop self-help and fine motor skills.
14. Which child is experiencing difficulty using materials?
    1. Brendon builds a car out of legos.
    2. Stacy puts together a puzzle.
    3. Jossue cut out pictures from a magazine and glued them onto a paper with some hanging off the edges.
    4. Alan tapped two legos together, put them down, picked up two more and tapped them, then put them down. He did this four times and then sat looking at the legos.
15. True or False. Rejection in play is not serious, and teachers do not need to address it because classrooms are busy and they need to focus on academic learning.

Answer Key

1. False. In play, children make choices, including about what materials they will use. In this example, Teacher Tanya made the choice and told the children they would use magna-tiles.
2. Cognitive, physical, social and emotional are domains of development.
3. Exploratory.  Tanisha is exploring the legos and learning what can be done with this material.
4. Constructive. Zachary is using the materials purposefully.
5. Dramatic.  Tad is acting out the role of castle guard and playing by himself.
6. Socio-dramatic. When children pretend and act out roles with others, they are engaging in socio-dramatic play.
7. Onlooker. Onlooker engagement strategy is when a child watches (observes) other children playing.
8. Parallel. Parallel play engagement strategy  is when two or more children sit next to each other and play, but are not playing together.
9. False. The play engagement strategies are based on development and younger children (infants/young toddlers) are not at a developmental level to engage in cooperative play.
10. False. Physical play is active with large motor movement.
11. Children take on risks when engaging in risky play.
12. False. Children learn from play and need a minimum of 45 minutes to get involved and fully engage in play.
13. True. Putting on coats, hats, etc. allows children to practice self-help with getting dressed as well as fine motor skills.
14. Alan tapped two legos together, put them down, picked up two more and tapped them, then put them down. He did this four times and then sat looking at the legos. Alan tapped the legos but did not connect them together, therefore did not figure out how legos work by connecting the pieces.
15. False. Rejection in play is very serious and impacts children’s social/emotional development.