CDA REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
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✔✔physical development occurs - ✔✔-beginning with the head and ending with the feet
-from the center of the body to the extremities
✔✔true or false: riding a tricycle around cones is a developmentally appropriate activity
for preschoolers - ✔✔true
✔✔gross motor activities should be scheduled - ✔✔every day
✔✔unstructured play - ✔✔encourages gross motor skills
✔✔loco motor means - ✔✔movement that gets you from one place to another
✔✔manipulative movement means - ✔✔movement involving moving an object from one
place to another
✔✔stability movement means - ✔✔movement that requires and enhances balancing
skills
✔✔individually curriculum is - ✔✔when teachers modify lesson plans based on the
needs and interests of individual children
✔✔true or false: teachers should individualize curriculum only when there are no
specific curriculum plans for the week - ✔✔false
✔✔by promoting each child's physical health, teachers can help children to - ✔✔-
increase their attention span
-increase academic success
-feel confident and competent
, ✔✔true or false: fine motor activities can be planned for each area of the classroom (art,
literacy, dramatic play, blocks,science, math and manipulative, and sand and water) -
✔✔true
✔✔true or false: development of the senses is part of physical development - ✔✔true
✔✔why do we plan finger plays and movement games - ✔✔-to help children develop
fine and gross motor skills
-to help children learn about the natural rhythms of language, as well as rhyming skills
✔✔true or false: sensory play is not an important part of preschool curriculum - ✔✔false
✔✔true or false: relationships with families are less important than the relationships we
build with children - ✔✔false
✔✔what is a family - ✔✔-a group of two people or more related by birth, marriage or
guardianship's/adoption most often residing together
✔✔what is a nuclear family - ✔✔two married adults and their children
✔✔what is a blended family - ✔✔the product of a divorcee and/or breakup and new
partner-ships
✔✔true or false: kinship care is when extended family or close family friends care for
the child(ren), rather than the parents - ✔✔true
✔✔why is it important to have different types of families represented in our preschool
classroom? - ✔✔-to help all families feel welcomed
- to help children feel like the belong
- to help children learn about families that are different from their own
✔✔what is the right thing to do when a family's cultural practices clash with our
classroom practices - ✔✔-talk to the parent and try to understand their culture
- consider making accommodations for the child/family when possbile
✔✔true or false: parents should be considered partners in the education of their child -
✔✔true
✔✔what is the best way to develop respectful relationships with families - ✔✔-establish
open communication by listening with respect to the family's needs and keeping each
family informed
- regard each other as equals who contribute to the partnership in different ways
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✔✔physical development occurs - ✔✔-beginning with the head and ending with the feet
-from the center of the body to the extremities
✔✔true or false: riding a tricycle around cones is a developmentally appropriate activity
for preschoolers - ✔✔true
✔✔gross motor activities should be scheduled - ✔✔every day
✔✔unstructured play - ✔✔encourages gross motor skills
✔✔loco motor means - ✔✔movement that gets you from one place to another
✔✔manipulative movement means - ✔✔movement involving moving an object from one
place to another
✔✔stability movement means - ✔✔movement that requires and enhances balancing
skills
✔✔individually curriculum is - ✔✔when teachers modify lesson plans based on the
needs and interests of individual children
✔✔true or false: teachers should individualize curriculum only when there are no
specific curriculum plans for the week - ✔✔false
✔✔by promoting each child's physical health, teachers can help children to - ✔✔-
increase their attention span
-increase academic success
-feel confident and competent
, ✔✔true or false: fine motor activities can be planned for each area of the classroom (art,
literacy, dramatic play, blocks,science, math and manipulative, and sand and water) -
✔✔true
✔✔true or false: development of the senses is part of physical development - ✔✔true
✔✔why do we plan finger plays and movement games - ✔✔-to help children develop
fine and gross motor skills
-to help children learn about the natural rhythms of language, as well as rhyming skills
✔✔true or false: sensory play is not an important part of preschool curriculum - ✔✔false
✔✔true or false: relationships with families are less important than the relationships we
build with children - ✔✔false
✔✔what is a family - ✔✔-a group of two people or more related by birth, marriage or
guardianship's/adoption most often residing together
✔✔what is a nuclear family - ✔✔two married adults and their children
✔✔what is a blended family - ✔✔the product of a divorcee and/or breakup and new
partner-ships
✔✔true or false: kinship care is when extended family or close family friends care for
the child(ren), rather than the parents - ✔✔true
✔✔why is it important to have different types of families represented in our preschool
classroom? - ✔✔-to help all families feel welcomed
- to help children feel like the belong
- to help children learn about families that are different from their own
✔✔what is the right thing to do when a family's cultural practices clash with our
classroom practices - ✔✔-talk to the parent and try to understand their culture
- consider making accommodations for the child/family when possbile
✔✔true or false: parents should be considered partners in the education of their child -
✔✔true
✔✔what is the best way to develop respectful relationships with families - ✔✔-establish
open communication by listening with respect to the family's needs and keeping each
family informed
- regard each other as equals who contribute to the partnership in different ways
