Early Childhood Education 2|25 Questions with Answers
Kindergarten Historical Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER Froebel (1800's) developed group
... [Show More] education of young children (called kindergartens)
First U.S. "private" Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER (1856) in Watertown, WI
First U.S. "public" Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER (1873) in St. Louis, MO
Important Readiness Skills - CORRECT ANSWER Language
Independence
Impulse Control
Interpersonal Skills
Experiential Background
Physical & Mental Health - family make-up
Types of Kindergartens - CORRECT ANSWER - Developmental: pre-K program for "K-age" w/developmental or behavioral delays
- Transition: two years to achieve skills
- Full vs. Half Day: Leaning toward more full day
- Mixed Age: diverse abilities and ages
- Looping: teacher goes with kids for 2-3 years
Developmental Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER pre-K program for "K-age" w/developmental or behavioral delays
Transition Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER two years to achieve skills
Full vs. Half Day Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER Leaning toward more full day
Mixed Age Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER diverse abilities and ages
Looping Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER teacher goes with kids for 2-3 years
Current Issues in Kindergarten - CORRECT ANSWER - Kindergarten is no longer seen as a place to "get ready" for school
- Red-Shirting
- Assessment - High Stakes Testing
- Cognitive Based Programs-Pushed Down
- Curriculum
- Literacy Emphasis-USE CENTERS!
- BISD EXAMPLE ~ REMOVING HOME CENTER!
- Technology
- Retention - Doesn't WORK!
Who are Kindergarteners: Erikson: Industry vs. Inferiority Stage - CORRECT ANSWER - Still need help regulating emotions & social interactions
- Long term friendships begin
- Give jobs & responsibilities
- Have high expectations for them (can-do!)
- Starting game w/rules
Who are Kindergarteners: Physically - CORRECT ANSWER - Find inactivity difficult
- Greater large motor skills: skip, hop, run, jump, climb, stairs, throws ball overhead
- Small motor still developing-may have hand dominance
Who are Kindergarteners? - CORRECT ANSWER - Typically 5 & 6 years
- Piaget's Preoperational Stage
- Energetic!
- Typically confident
- Eager learners
- Rapid intellectual and language growth—let them talk!
- Read to them! Teach them to read!
Emergent Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER Phonics, sight words, whole language
Alphabetic knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER letters have shapes and sounds
Alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER letters go together in patterns to create words
Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER meaning of the words
Onset-rime - CORRECT ANSWER onset=sound that precedes the vowel; rime=remaining part of the syllable (ex. r-at)
Orthographic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER ability to write symbols to represent sounds
Phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER smallest unit of speech
Phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER letter/sound relationships
Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER ability to hear differences in syllables, rhymes, and individual sounds
Print awareness - CORRECT ANSWER print has functions - all around us in symbols
Kindergarten Teacher ~ Role - CORRECT ANSWER - Like and enjoy children!
- Flexible yet structured with lots of hands-on, experiential learning.
- Classroom Guidance and Management
- Diversity - see the child first!
- After school care
- Parental involvement [Show Less]