Play Outside NC

Directions: Read each question and write/type T if the statement is True, and write/type F if the statement is False in the blank space provided on the right side of the paper

True or False

  1. In providingS.T.R.E.A.M. activities for young children, the process is more important than the final product. ______
  1. Young children need to practice figuring out when to use mathematics and what operation is necessary to find pertinent answers. ______
  1. Human interactions can influence how brain development progresses in children ages birth to 5 years old. ______
  1. In early childhood education, every activity that can be done indoors can be done outdoors. ______
  1. One may become proficient in knowledge using S.T.E.A.M learning without the Literacy (reading and writing) component. ______
  1. It is not important for teachers to ask questions that encourage children to explore, discover, and draw conclusions. ______

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write/type it on the blank space provided on the right side of the paper

Multiple Choice

  1. The Engineering Design Process strategy that is used with children to help them “think like an engineer” includes all of the following except: ______
  1. Ask
  2. Build
  3. Design
  4. Involve
  1. When encouraging children toconduct searches for the purpose of gathering information on specific topics, which tool of technology should be used?______
  1. E-Books Magazines
  2. Videos
  3. Websites
  4. All of the above
  1. Which is considered “a good place to start” when investigating science topics with young children? ______
  1. Allow children to observe, describe, & YOU document.
  2. Having children draw something
  3. Give children information about it in circle time
  4. Put a book about it in the library center
  1. Creative Arts include all but the following: ______
  1. Puppets
  2. Sports
  3. Pretend Play
  4. Sculpture
  1. The acronym S.T.R.E.A.M stands for: ______
  1. Social Studies, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math
  2. Science, Technology, Reading, Exercising, Art, and Math
  3. Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math
  4. Science, technology, Recording, Engineering, Art, and Math
  1. What percentage of a child’s brain development occurs before age 5? ______
  1. 50%
  2. 90%
  3. 75%
  4. 100%

Fill in the Blank

Directions: Write/type your answers in the blank spaces provided

  1. Adults must be conscious of how and why ______, ______and technology should be used.
  1. Science is simply ______how the ______works.
  1. Adults must tap into children’s natural and innate ______about the living world.

To Receive Credit
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