A teacher is watching her preschoolers pretend to be cooks who are preparing food for other children pretending to be servers and customers. She thinks this could be a good math learning experience, so she stops the play and sets up a toy cash register. Her purpose is to teach the children the numbers on the various play money coins and bills. Based on what you have read in your text thus far,
which of the following perspectives is most accurate?
A) This is a highly effective way to add a math objective into play.
B) The teacher has intervened to the extent that this activity is no longer play; it is a teacher-directed lesson.
C) The teacher should omit pretend play in the daily schedule altogether and replace it with math worksheets.
D) Teachers should always be an observer and remain on the sidelines when children are engaged in spontaneous play.
B
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