DCF CHILD CARE PRESCHOOL
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES EXAM PREP
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
●● Knowing the typical behaviors and growth patterns for a certain age
group is necessary
Answer: to plan the most appropriate environments and activities to
optimize the learning experience for children in care.
●● A child's age, temperament, personality, and family history
Answer: are all factors that affect his or her development.
●● Children's learning experiences are enhanced when caregivers are
aware of and support
Answer: the social and cultural contexts in which they live.
●● Caregivers should be intentional about planning learning experiences
that are
Answer: purposeful, challenging, and achievable.
●● Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
,Answer: addressing disparities in school success and achievement;
integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school programming;
and improving teacher preparation, professional development and
ongoing support.
●● T or F?
One critical challenge currently impacting early childhood practices is
addressing differences in school success and achievement.
Answer: True
Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
1. Addressing differences in school success and achievement
2. Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school
programming
3. Improving teacher preparation, professional development and ongoing
support
●● T or F?
Teachers are professional decision makers who are all well prepared and
have all of the resources necessary to assist them in decision making.
Answer: True
Fundamental to Developmentally Appropriate Practice is the
understanding that all teachers make important decisions every day.
Preplanning and organizing the environment with learning goals and
objectives in mind
,●● T or F?
A critical challenge impacting early childhood practices is helping
professionals minimize their participation in professional development
opportunities.
Answer: False
Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
Addressing differences in school success and achievement
Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school programming
*Improving teacher preparation, professional development and ongoing
support
●● T or F?
The three components of Developmentally Appropriate Practice are age
appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and special needs
appropriateness.
Answer: False
Developmentally Appropriate Practice focuses on children birth through
eight years old and is made up of three principle components: age
appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and social/cultural
appropriateness.
●● T or F?
, Communication and collaboration between preschools and elementary
schools greatly enhances educational quality and improves child
outcomes.
Answer: True
●● T or F?
Effective teaching strategies for extending the learning experience may
include having conversations, using questioning techniques, and
allowing large blocks of time to practice newly acquired skills.
Answer: True
Effective teaching strategies for extending the learning experience may
include having conversations, using questioning techniques and allowing
large blocks of time to practice newly acquired skills.
●● T or F?
Knowledgeable caregivers are able to build on what children already
know and can do.
Answer: True
●● T or F?
Studies show that highly effective teachers improvise goals for children
and sporadically prepare environments, experiences and activities to
meet those goals.
Answer: False
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES EXAM PREP
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
●● Knowing the typical behaviors and growth patterns for a certain age
group is necessary
Answer: to plan the most appropriate environments and activities to
optimize the learning experience for children in care.
●● A child's age, temperament, personality, and family history
Answer: are all factors that affect his or her development.
●● Children's learning experiences are enhanced when caregivers are
aware of and support
Answer: the social and cultural contexts in which they live.
●● Caregivers should be intentional about planning learning experiences
that are
Answer: purposeful, challenging, and achievable.
●● Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
,Answer: addressing disparities in school success and achievement;
integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school programming;
and improving teacher preparation, professional development and
ongoing support.
●● T or F?
One critical challenge currently impacting early childhood practices is
addressing differences in school success and achievement.
Answer: True
Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
1. Addressing differences in school success and achievement
2. Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school
programming
3. Improving teacher preparation, professional development and ongoing
support
●● T or F?
Teachers are professional decision makers who are all well prepared and
have all of the resources necessary to assist them in decision making.
Answer: True
Fundamental to Developmentally Appropriate Practice is the
understanding that all teachers make important decisions every day.
Preplanning and organizing the environment with learning goals and
objectives in mind
,●● T or F?
A critical challenge impacting early childhood practices is helping
professionals minimize their participation in professional development
opportunities.
Answer: False
Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
Addressing differences in school success and achievement
Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school programming
*Improving teacher preparation, professional development and ongoing
support
●● T or F?
The three components of Developmentally Appropriate Practice are age
appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and special needs
appropriateness.
Answer: False
Developmentally Appropriate Practice focuses on children birth through
eight years old and is made up of three principle components: age
appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and social/cultural
appropriateness.
●● T or F?
, Communication and collaboration between preschools and elementary
schools greatly enhances educational quality and improves child
outcomes.
Answer: True
●● T or F?
Effective teaching strategies for extending the learning experience may
include having conversations, using questioning techniques, and
allowing large blocks of time to practice newly acquired skills.
Answer: True
Effective teaching strategies for extending the learning experience may
include having conversations, using questioning techniques and allowing
large blocks of time to practice newly acquired skills.
●● T or F?
Knowledgeable caregivers are able to build on what children already
know and can do.
Answer: True
●● T or F?
Studies show that highly effective teachers improvise goals for children
and sporadically prepare environments, experiences and activities to
meet those goals.
Answer: False
