The Learning Ladder

A Reading and Writing Curriculum for Early Care and Education Teachers, Children and Families

Module 2: The Role of Play

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Part 5

Ways That Teachers and Parents Can Facilitate Play

Please choose the best option to finish each sentence by clicking on the small circle (button) next to the answer you think is best. If you can't decide, just go on to the next one. When you have finished, choose Check Answers at the bottom of the page to see your score.

1. When teachers give puppets to children in the library, they are

asking questions
introducing new materials
getting involved in the play
observing
intervening
--
(I don't know / no answer)

2. When two teachers watch how a new child plays with the other children, they are

asking questions
introducing new materials
getting involved in the play
observing
intervening
--
(I don't know / no answer)

3. When Jen and Rheba, teachers, stop a fight between two children, they are

asking questions
introducing new materials
getting involved in the play
observing
intervening
--
(I don't know / no answer)

4. When Rachael, a teacher, picks up a phone and "calls" a child, she is

asking questions
introducing new materials
getting involved in the play
observing
intervening
--
(I don't know / no answer)

5. When a mother asks a child what will happen if she drops a block in a glass of water, she is

asking questions
introducing new materials
getting involved in the play
observing
intervening
--
(I don't know / no answer)


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