Give an example of a traditional small-group activity. Avoid using examples provided by the text.
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A teacher wants to develop hand-eye coordination and motor skills for preschoolers. To do this, the teacher has five children create a model of the planet Saturn. For the activity to be successful, the teacher should first create the model herself. By doing this, she learns what materials will be needed and what steps are necessary to complete the task. The teacher provides all the materials. She then clearly explains the activity and ask if students have any questions. After this, she guides the children through each step.
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Usa, a second-grade teacher, is culminating an integrated learning unit called "What Do We Eat?" As part of the unit, the children built a play restaurant in the classroom. How can she best share what the children accomplished with their parents?
a. Send home a newsletter describing the play restaurant and some funny things that happened there. b. Hang up documentation panels and then invite parents to come have a meal at the play restaurant. c. Invite parents to visit and have the children stand up and tell them about what they learned running the restaurant. d. Tell the children to create a play restaurant at home so their parents can see what they learned.
Employee personnel policies may contain a section on managing the physical environment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Discuss the three assumptions upon which Hilda Taba based her teaching model.
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Many educators fear that some early childhood programs can be so focused on pre-reading skill development that they omit child dramatic play and other child play activities
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false