Read Chapter 7 and answer the following questions:

1.  What are preschoolers like?

2.  Define large motor, coordination, agility and conscience.

3.  What do preschoolers do?

4.  What do preschoolers need?

5.  Define sense of initiative, socialized and norms.

6.  List the seven (7) dimensions of an environment advocated by Prescott.

7.  Describe an environment that provides for initiative.

8.  List six (6) opportunities for children provided through good storage of materials.

9.  Define pictograph.

10.  List six (6) environments that foster initiative.

11.  Describe an environment that helps to develop creativity.

12.  List eight (8) factors for creativity.

13.  Describe an environment for learning through play. 

14.  Where do you begin when deciding how to set up a room?

15.  What should you know about pathways in the room?

16.  How can you modify a classroom for children with special needs?

17.  List seven (7) suggestions for welcoming children with special needs.

18.  Describe an environment for outdoor play.

19.  List seven (7) suggestions for an environment that fosters play.

20.  How can you plan for safety?

21.  Define interest centers, indirect guidance, private space and antibiased.

22.  Describe an environment that fosters self-control.

23.  Define time blocks, child-initiated, and teacher-initiated.

24.  List six (6) features found in schedules that meet children’s needs.

25.  List eight (8) principles of developmentally appropriate transitions for preschoolers.

26.  Define kindergarten.  Describe kindergarten today.

27.  Define screening, readiness tests, transitional classes and retention.

28.  What is the kindergarten dilemma?

29.  List five (5) inappropriate physical environments for preschoolers.

Read Chapter 8 and answer the following questions:

1.  What are primary-age children like?

2.  What do primary-age children like to do?

3.  Define peers, sense of industry, competence and concrete.

4.  What do primary-age children need?

5.  How do primary-age children learn best?

6.  What are some of the concerns about public education?

7.  Describe an environment for a sense of industry.

8.  What is a benefit of the learning-center approach for primary-age children?

9.  What is a planning contract?

10.  What is an advantage to providing a number of separate learning centers?

11.  What is a planning board?

12.  Define portfolio.

13.  How do teachers of primary-age children use portfolios and work samples?

14.  What are two large and important learning centers related to literacy?

15.  What should a writing center contain?

16.  List four (4) suggestions for an environment that fosters early literacy.

17.  Describe an environment that fosters math understanding.

18.  Describe a physical environment that fosters scientific awareness.

19.  Describe an environment for relationships.

20.  List five (5) suggestions for fostering peer- and teacher-child relationships.

21.  What is the problem with fragmented primary classroom schedules?

22.  On what do you base an appropriate schedule for a primary classroom?

23.  What is the problem with recess?  Why have some schools abolished recess?

24.  Define mixed-age groupings.

25.  Describe after-school childcare.

26.  What is the debate over television and video games?

27.  List nine (9) suggestions for an appropriate after-school care environment.

28.  Describe an inappropriate environment in primary classrooms.  List six (6) elements.