Ethan, a new preschool student, does not talk or play with other children during center time. Which of the following strategies will best help him develop interpersonal relationships?
Correct Response: D
The strategy of partnering the student with a peer will help the child establish a friendship and identify himself as a member of a group.
Throughout the school year, a kindergarten teacher is planning to take students to various locations within the community such as the post office, the grocery store, and a bus station. As a follow-up to each trip, the teacher will ask the students to discuss how their families use these services and create a running list of their ideas. Which of the following social science concepts is the teacher seeking to promote with this activity?
Correct Answer: C
Interdependence is the social science concept of being dependent on each other for some of our needs. Taking children on field trips to locations within the community allows them to be active learners in understanding this concept. The children begin to understand how people in the community rely on each other to provide certain services and goods.
An early childhood teacher of a culturally diverse group of three-year-olds has a goal of fostering children's knowledge and pride in their cultural identity. The teacher can begin to achieve this goal most effectively by:
Correct Answer: C
Cultural identity is the sense of belonging to a group or groups that children first begin to develop through their relationships with family and community. Though the concept of ancestry and cultural heritage is too abstract for children at age three, children this age are already aware of the traditions and activities in which their families participate. Connecting cultural activities to ideas and experiences that are familiar to children builds on what they know to establish a foundation for eventually developing a broader understanding of who they are.
Which of the following activities will be most effective in introducing first graders to the concept of timelines?
Correct Answer: A
Reading a grade appropriate biography with a strong sequence of events then creating a human timeline depicting the events in chronological order.
TIP: Be careful when reading questions with very similar answer options. Option A actually mentions the creation of a timeline based on the subject of the story’s life experiences. A “human timeline” activity is one that requires students to learn about a particular event from the biography and then line up with peers according to their event’s chronology.