ILTS 206 Sub-Area 3 Practice Question #23

Which of the following teacher strategies would best ensure the physical safety of the classroom for a group of toddlers?

assigning the children to teacher-selected groups each morning to minimize the potential for quarrels or disputescleaning classroom materials and furniture solely with distilled water to minimize the potential for accidental poisoningproviding the children with only soft play objects, such as plush toys, to minimize chances of injury to oneself or one's classmatesarranging the classroom space to minimize children's inclination to run or to interact only superficially with toys and materials

Correct Response: D

Teachers’ arrangement of the classroom environment plays a key role in the children’s ability to move through the space safely, as well as in their ability to make safe and productive use of classroom materials. Wide-open spaces tend to encourage dangerous behaviors such as running through the classroom, and such spaces may additionally serve as sources of distraction that prevent children from interacting meaningfully, purposefully, and safely with the materials provided in the various learning centers.