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Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 3rd Edition
by Julie Bullard
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Understanding the Importance of the Environment 1
Chapter 2 – Establishing an Emotionally Supportive and Equitable Environment 2
Chapter 3 – Establishing a Context for Learning: Designing Schedules, Transitions, and Routines
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Chapter 4 – Planning a Play-Based Curriculum 6
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Chapter 5 – Arranging an Effective Environment 8
Chapter 6 – Design Considerations 10
Chapter 7 – Developing Dramatic Play Centers 11
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Chapter 8 – Developing Manipulative and Sensory Centers 13
Chapter 9 – Developing Block and Building Centers 14
Chapter 10 – Developing Literacy Centers 16
Chapter 11– Developing Science Centers 18
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Chapter 12 – Developing Math Centers 20
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Chapter 13 – Developing Visual Art Centers 22
Chapter 14 – Developing Music and Dance Centers 24
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Chapter 15 – Integrating Technology 25
Chapter 16 – Special-Interest Centers 27
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Chapter 17 – Creating Outdoor Environments 29
Chapter 18 – Creating Spaces for Families and Teachers 30
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Chapter 19 – Meeting Environmental Challenges 32
Answer Key –
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Chapter 1
All Answers Included
Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which answer is the best example of play as described in the textbook?
a. The teacher has all the children play red light, green light.
b. Children participate in a scripted drama.
c. A group of children pretend that they are preparing and eating a meal.
d. A group of children and their coach participate in little league baseball.
2) Research reveals that outcomes for children are better if they are in classrooms with
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a. More teacher directed instruction
b. More play-based instruction
c. More large group activities
d. Less center time activities
3) Which statement is not true? The value of play is supported by .
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a. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
b. Theorists including Montessori, Vygotsky, Piaget, and Malaguzzi but not Steiner
c. Curricular approaches including Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, High Scope, Tools of the
Mind, and Montessori
d. Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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4) Teachers support the learning through the environment in all the following ways except
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a. Building interest in the centers and materials
b. Taking a hands off approach as children use the centers
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c. Assessing children and documenting their learning
d. Having large and small discussions about the center activities
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5) Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?
a. Do you want milk or juice?
b. What is your favorite color?
c. How many buttons do you have on your coat?
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, d. How are cats and dogs the same or different?
6) Which statement is not true? Children generally exhibit more positive behaviors if the
teacher .
a. Provides retreat areas where children can be alone
b. Provides children with many choices so they are actively engaged
c. Keeps the room open for easy supervision
d. Reduces density through using all areas of the classroom
Short Answer and Essay Questions
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1. List two reasons why the early childhood environment is crucial for young children’s
learning.
2. You believe that play is a critical learning tool for kindergarten children, but, the
principal is questioning whether children will learn what they need to learn through play.
Respond to the administrator’s concerns giving a rationale for why play is important.
Include at least three different reasons.
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3. Describe at least four ways that a high-quality environment can support developmentally
appropriate practice.
4. Why did Lev Vygotsky believe that play was the ideal way for children to practice self-
regulation?
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5. Tanitha, a four-year-old who is very interested in insects, is observing the grasshoppers,
crickets, and centipedes that are in the bug jars in the science center. List three open-
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ended questions the teacher might ask her about the bugs.
6. List at least one way that you would support families in understanding the value of
learning centers.
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Multiple Choice Questions
1) We can assist children in developing secure attachment in childcare through all the following
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except .?
a. Providing continuity of care
b. Exposing children to many different providers
c. Showing genuine interest in each child
d. Being warm and responsive
2) Which of the following statements accurately reflects what we know about attachment?
a. Child care can negatively affect children’s attachment to their parents.
Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 3rd Edition
by Julie Bullard
TU
TO
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G
U
R
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Understanding the Importance of the Environment 1
Chapter 2 – Establishing an Emotionally Supportive and Equitable Environment 2
Chapter 3 – Establishing a Context for Learning: Designing Schedules, Transitions, and Routines
4
Chapter 4 – Planning a Play-Based Curriculum 6
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Chapter 5 – Arranging an Effective Environment 8
Chapter 6 – Design Considerations 10
Chapter 7 – Developing Dramatic Play Centers 11
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Chapter 8 – Developing Manipulative and Sensory Centers 13
Chapter 9 – Developing Block and Building Centers 14
Chapter 10 – Developing Literacy Centers 16
Chapter 11– Developing Science Centers 18
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Chapter 12 – Developing Math Centers 20
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Chapter 13 – Developing Visual Art Centers 22
Chapter 14 – Developing Music and Dance Centers 24
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Chapter 15 – Integrating Technology 25
Chapter 16 – Special-Interest Centers 27
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Chapter 17 – Creating Outdoor Environments 29
Chapter 18 – Creating Spaces for Families and Teachers 30
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Chapter 19 – Meeting Environmental Challenges 32
Answer Key –
iii
, All Chapters Included
Chapter 1
All Answers Included
Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which answer is the best example of play as described in the textbook?
a. The teacher has all the children play red light, green light.
b. Children participate in a scripted drama.
c. A group of children pretend that they are preparing and eating a meal.
d. A group of children and their coach participate in little league baseball.
2) Research reveals that outcomes for children are better if they are in classrooms with
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.
a. More teacher directed instruction
b. More play-based instruction
c. More large group activities
d. Less center time activities
3) Which statement is not true? The value of play is supported by .
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a. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
b. Theorists including Montessori, Vygotsky, Piaget, and Malaguzzi but not Steiner
c. Curricular approaches including Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, High Scope, Tools of the
Mind, and Montessori
d. Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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4) Teachers support the learning through the environment in all the following ways except
.
a. Building interest in the centers and materials
b. Taking a hands off approach as children use the centers
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c. Assessing children and documenting their learning
d. Having large and small discussions about the center activities
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5) Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?
a. Do you want milk or juice?
b. What is your favorite color?
c. How many buttons do you have on your coat?
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, d. How are cats and dogs the same or different?
6) Which statement is not true? Children generally exhibit more positive behaviors if the
teacher .
a. Provides retreat areas where children can be alone
b. Provides children with many choices so they are actively engaged
c. Keeps the room open for easy supervision
d. Reduces density through using all areas of the classroom
Short Answer and Essay Questions
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1. List two reasons why the early childhood environment is crucial for young children’s
learning.
2. You believe that play is a critical learning tool for kindergarten children, but, the
principal is questioning whether children will learn what they need to learn through play.
Respond to the administrator’s concerns giving a rationale for why play is important.
Include at least three different reasons.
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3. Describe at least four ways that a high-quality environment can support developmentally
appropriate practice.
4. Why did Lev Vygotsky believe that play was the ideal way for children to practice self-
regulation?
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5. Tanitha, a four-year-old who is very interested in insects, is observing the grasshoppers,
crickets, and centipedes that are in the bug jars in the science center. List three open-
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ended questions the teacher might ask her about the bugs.
6. List at least one way that you would support families in understanding the value of
learning centers.
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Chapter 2
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Multiple Choice Questions
1) We can assist children in developing secure attachment in childcare through all the following
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except .?
a. Providing continuity of care
b. Exposing children to many different providers
c. Showing genuine interest in each child
d. Being warm and responsive
2) Which of the following statements accurately reflects what we know about attachment?
a. Child care can negatively affect children’s attachment to their parents.
