Preschool Learning Environment Final Exam Review PDF
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2024
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This document is a final exam review for a preschool learning environment course, covering topics from weeks 8 to 12, including visual arts, literacy, cooking, outdoor play, dramatic play, and block play. The review includes multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-chart, mix-and-match, and short-answer questions, focusing on practical applications and best practices in early childhood education.
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Preschool Learning Environment FINAL EXAM REVIEW Worth 25% of your Final Mark 2 hours and 45 minutes in length (cannot leave the room once exam has begun) 10-30 Multiple Choice and/or True and False Questions, 1 Fill in the Chart activity, 1 Mix and Match Activity and 3-5 Short Answer...
Preschool Learning Environment FINAL EXAM REVIEW Worth 25% of your Final Mark 2 hours and 45 minutes in length (cannot leave the room once exam has begun) 10-30 Multiple Choice and/or True and False Questions, 1 Fill in the Chart activity, 1 Mix and Match Activity and 3-5 Short Answer Questions Bring pencils, a sharpener, and an eraser. Leave all bags and cases in your locker or car. Turn your phone off or on Silence (not Vibrate) and leave it in your bag Study and Review ALL required readings, PowerPoints, in-class lectures, and engagement learning activities. Week 8 Visual Arts A & B 1. Describe how ineffective comments and questions affect children’s experiences in art *i.e., What is that? Good Job! 2. Give an example of an effective comment when talking to children about their art. Explain why 3. Identify a Best Practice when it comes to the ECE’s Role when it comes to visual arts materials 4. Identify a Best Practice when it comes to the ECE’s Role when it comes to the visual arts environment 5. Summarize our discussion regarding this statement in today’s class ‘What about Holiday Art?’ 6. Define Symbolic Representation Weeks 9 Literacy & Language 7. Differentiate between early literacy and emergent literacy 8. Identify stages of samples of children’s writing according to developmental progression 9. Describe the development sequence of literacy 10. Identify children’s conversational roles and the roles of early practitioners. 11. Describe print-rich environments. Weeks 10 Cooking 1. Describe the value of cooking experiences to the development of the ‘whole’ child (social, physical, emotional, and cognitive – Brain Research)/holistic devel. 2. Describe the value and learning of cooking experiences to Piaget’s 3 types of knowledge. 3. Identify 3 healthy appropriate cooking experiences preschool children can participate in. 4. Describe and plan practices to enhance safety for preschool children engaged in a cooking experience. Weeks 11 Outdoor Play & Physical Activity 1. Describe the difference between a hazard and a safe risk. 2. Why is risk taking important for children? 3. What must educators remember and reflect on before supporting risk taking within their early learning environments 4. Identify 5 reasons – discussed in class and included in the PowerPoint – for why outdoor play is important. 5. Describe Motor illiteracy 6. Identify loose-parts you’ve never thought of including in a preschool environment, that you’ve see included in the photos of Week 10’s class 7. Identify a few suggested areas for the outdoor environment. 8. Describe how Early Childhood Educator’s personal and professional perspectives of outdoor play impact the ECEC field. Weeks 12 Dramatic Play 1. Identify and describe each letter in PRPELS when it comes to dramatic play. 2. How does an educator assess dramatic play? 3. What is the educator’s role in planning and facilitating dramatic play experiences? 4. Describe how does dramatic play progresses throughout development? (hint: from make believe play to sociodramatic play) and how can ECEs support this growth and development? 5. Describe the value of dramatic play to the development of the “whole” child (social, physical, emotional, cognitive, language and literacy) Weeks 12 Block Play 1. List appropriate open-ended materials and loose parts that can be incorporated into the block area to extend play. 2. Identify and describe which cognitive play stages connect to Block play. 3. Identify and describe the stages of block play 4. Why is block play referred to as a timeless toy? 5. Identify examples of open-ended questions and or comments that would be appropriate to use at the block centre?