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Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
1. You are explaining the importance of good nutrition, brain development, and good exercise habits to four-and -a-half-year-olds. Based upon their preoperational stage of cognitive development, what will you tell them and what props or examples might you like to provide for them so as to enhance their understanding?
2. Briefly describe the two stages of preoperational thought and what are examples of these two sub-stages and explain what is meant by operations.
3. I like to play hide and seek with my older brother. When it is my turn to hide, I move a few steps away from him as he is counting to ten and close my eyes because if I can't see him then he can't see me. How old am I and in which sub-stage of preoperational development do you think that I am in and why?
4. Explain the importance of sleep for the early childhood child.
5. I have a Teddy Bear that I like to snuggle with when I am over tired or sad or just relaxing or sick. Grampa is sick and I bring him my Teddy Bear because if it makes me feel better I believe/think that it will make Grampa feel better. What is this type of thinking/belief called? Two words
6. List three ways that Lev Vygotsky's theory can be incorporated into my home classroom?
7. What are brain and motor development changes that typically occur during early childhood? explain
8. Research with the memory-span task suggests that short-term memory increases during early childhood. Why does memory span change with age and what are the brain centers in the brain involved in memory?
9. What the factors that can influence the accuracy of a young child's memory?
10. What are three of the most important aspects of how word learning occurs?
11. What factors influence theory of mind?
12. What is an example of executive functioning?
13. If you had to place your child in an early childhood educational system, which variation would you prefer and why?
14. Which one of the country reports was most interesting to you and why? What is the State of The World's Children?