FCCLA Child Development

Art activities help children express their ideas and feelings, but not grow mentally

False

During the toddler years, complementary table foods should make up at least three-fourths of the toddler's daily caloric intake.

False

Parent and family involvement is an important part of a Head Start program.

True

Neonatal intensive care units are for all newborns.

False

Social development includes the ability to follow rules established by the center.

True

Jealousy often develops over stress regarding the preschool child's attachment

True

The brain contains billions of specialized nerve cells called synapses.

False

In most kindergarten programs, about fifty percent of the day is spent on creative activities.

True

Preschoolers' rate of growth may vary from month to month

True

After birth, the brain must wire itself for heartbeat, breathing, and reflexes

False

A magnetic game board is a good toy to take when traveling

True

Preschool children learn some rules of grammar.

True

The body's center of gravity is lower in middle childhood, which gives them better balance.

True

Grand mal seizures consist of a few brief muscle twitches and a sense of confusion.

False

To properly supervise children, you should keep your back to the classroom wall

True

Toddlers are unable to solve any problems on their own

False

Newborns need exercise

True

Noting the difference between dogs and cats is a simple visual skill.

False

Consistency in discipline does not refer to sameness in...

activities offered each day

Five-year-olds usually

use more verbal means to express anger than younger children

Newborns need exercise

True

A good recommendation for a technology area...

Protect children from injury or physical strain, choose computer furniture designed for young children.

Incorrect concerning school-age children's perceptual development...

their senses are not yet mature, making sight, sounds, smell, and feeling less accurate.

requires a minimum number of hours of child care experience and some postsecondary

Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential

Learning to relate to others

Social Development

Newborn's toes fan out if the outside of the sole is stroked from heel to toe.

Babinski relfex

The least safe type of thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Active-physical play does not help

Fine-motor skills

Baby develops from the fingers inward to the center of the body

NOT a Pattern of motor development

a series of combined consonant and vowel sounds

Babbling

Temperament joined with a person's environment shapes personality most.

True

The most important guideline when observing children

Keep information confidential

Call them first if you suspect a child has eaten poison

Poison Control Center

Using incorrect pronouns, speaking sentences that have conjunctions and prepositions, asking some questions in the correct order

Four-and five-year-olds speech

Quality of preschool children because they believe everyone thinks as they do

Egocentric (egocentrism)

punishing children and making them feel guilty when they make mistakes

Bad parenting

In science, children need guidance in...

Appreciating beauty and caring for the world

Most preschool children have some problems making sounds in their spoken language. What is the incorrect statement regarding articulating?

Very few children substitute one sound for another.

Infant body proportions: head is about one fourth of the infants total length

True

Infant body proportions: jaw is small and slopes backward

True

Infant body proportions: infant has a pot-bellied look

True

Infant body proportions: legs are long and slender

False

mixing paints to make new colors

Transformation Example

Play is most important in promoting which area of development?

All areas of development equally

Shoes should protect and cushion the feet from outside dangers

Babies first shoes

normal for the first tooth to be present at birth, appear after the first birthday

Deciduous teeth

most of the growth in length occurs here

trunk

toddlers add about ____ of their first year's weight gain

One-fourth

Children learn through playing games with others

acceptable and unacceptable behavior

Children learn through playing games with others

Rules

Children learn through playing games with others

How to settle disagreements

Height increases during preschool years

Seven Inches

Often causes only light bleeding, making the wound more susceptible to infection

Puncture wound

Can be caused by obesity

Heart disease

Preschoolers anxieties

monsters, criminals, injuries, pain to their own bodies