AEPA Early Childhood Education 2026 Question
and Answer | Updated Review from Previously
Tested Questions | Grade A+
• Piaget -✓✓Theory of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete, formal
• Erikson -✓✓Psychosocial stages (trust vs. mistrust, etc.)
• Vygotsky -✓✓Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and scaffolding
• DAP -✓✓Developmentally Appropriate Practice: meets age, individual, and
cultural needs
• Fine motor skills -✓✓Small movements (e.g., writing, cutting)
• Gross motor skills -✓✓Large movements (e.g., jumping, running)
• Phonological awareness -✓✓Awareness of sounds in spoken language
• Phonics -✓✓Relationship between letters and sounds
• Emergent literacy -✓✓Early behaviors that precede conventional reading
• Concepts of print -✓✓Understanding print carries meaning (e.g., reading left to
right)
and Answer | Updated Review from Previously
Tested Questions | Grade A+
• Piaget -✓✓Theory of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete, formal
• Erikson -✓✓Psychosocial stages (trust vs. mistrust, etc.)
• Vygotsky -✓✓Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and scaffolding
• DAP -✓✓Developmentally Appropriate Practice: meets age, individual, and
cultural needs
• Fine motor skills -✓✓Small movements (e.g., writing, cutting)
• Gross motor skills -✓✓Large movements (e.g., jumping, running)
• Phonological awareness -✓✓Awareness of sounds in spoken language
• Phonics -✓✓Relationship between letters and sounds
• Emergent literacy -✓✓Early behaviors that precede conventional reading
• Concepts of print -✓✓Understanding print carries meaning (e.g., reading left to
right)
