Preschool Curriculum Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles, content areas, and developmentally appropriate practices for designing and implementing effective preschool curricula. Students will examine a variety of curriculum models, learn to integrate play-based and inquiry-based learning, and consider cultural and individual diversity in early childhood settings. Emphasis is placed on fostering language, cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development through intentional planning and assessment strategies. Students will also engage in practical activities and reflective discussions to enhance their ability to create supportive, engaging, and inclusive learning environments for young children.
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Art and Creative Development for Young Children 8th Edition by J. Englebright Fox
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Chapter 1: Understanding Creativity
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Q1) According to Howard Gardner's definition of creativity:
A) an individual must be creative in one particular domain.
B) an individual can be creative across all domains.
C) creativity can come in a once-in-a-lifetime burst.
D) creativity appears only in the development or fashioning of products.
Answer: A
Q2) Which type of play material is more supportive of creative expression during play, and why?
A) Open-ended play materials are more supportive of creative expression because they have multiple rather than single outcomes.
B) Closed-ended play materials are more supportive of creative expression because they have single rather than multiple outcomes.
C) Open-ended play materials are more supportive of creative expression because they have single rather than multiple outcomes.
D) Closed-ended play materials are more supportive of creative expression because they have multiple rather than single outcomes.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Creative Thinking
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Q1) To facilitate creative thinking, the classroom environment should:
A) include private spaces for reflection and group spaces for movement and group involvement.
B) be fluid and flexible, according to the demands of the activity.
C) be able to sustain noise, messiness, and excitement.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Think time is most important to children for:
A) self-esteem.
B) answering open-ended questions.
C) answering closed-ended questions.
D) answering both open- and closed-ended questions.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following does not describe how the two hemispheres of the brain work together?
A) One hemisphere may dominate the other.
B) The two hemispheres may compete.
C) The two hemispheres may not be aware of each other.
D) The two hemispheres may cooperate and divide the task.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Creative Experiences
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Q1) Which of the following is not a social skill related to music and movement in the early childhood classroom?
A) multicultural awareness
B) conflict resolution
C) sharing and turn-taking
D) cooperating
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is a developmentally appropriate music experience for a fiveto six-year-old child?
A) reproducing a melody
B) reading the lyrics to a new song
C) singing a duet with a friend
D) synchronizing his or her movements to a beat
Answer: A
Q3) The ability to think critically about visual images is likely to become more and more important in this digital era.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Art and the Developing Child
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Q1) How does physical knowledge affect art?
A) Children must have fine and gross motor skills to participate in art activities.
B) Children engage in art activities in close physical proximity to each other.
C) Children construct physical knowledge as they explore art materials and media.
D) Children develop nonverbal communication skills, relying on their physical capabilities, during art activities.
Q2) Mainstreaming refers to the:
A) placement of children without disabilities in programs having a majority of children who are differently abled.
B) movement of differently abled children from self-contained classrooms to regular classrooms for limited parts .
C) development of curriculum featuring differently abled individuals as heroes and role models.
D) placement of differently abled children in programs having a majority of children without disabilities.
Q3) List four reasons that food should not be used in art activities.
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Chapter 5: Childrens Artistic Development
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Q1) Watercolor paints are:
A) transparent and allow for a layering of colors.
B) opaque and allow for muted, subdued colors.
C) transparent and allow for a smooth covering of intense color.
D) opaque and allow for a flat covering of intense color.
Q2) Young children's first attempts at drawing are:
A) combines.
B) scribbles.
C) aggregates.
D) mandalas.
Q3) In children's artwork, the term process refers to the:
A) child's creative exploration with brush or crayon.
B) active communication of meaning through the artwork.
C) actions and skills involved in creating an art product.
D) decisions the artist makes in creating an art product.
Q4) Piaget believed that artistic development was retrogressive because:
A) children's drawings develop as they gain experience and knowledge.
B) children's willingness to use new tools and methods decreases over time.
C) children get less creative as they grow older.
D) cognitive development is progressive.
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Chapter 6: The Elements of Art
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Q1) Texture is a term appropriate to use in the critique of a(n):
A) one-dimensional object that has length or width.
B) two-dimensional object that has length and width.
C) three-dimensional object that has length, width, and depth.
D) object that encloses a space.
Q2) Blue, green, and purple are examples of:
A) complementary colors.
B) cool colors.
C) warm colors.
D) intermediate colors.
Q3) Which of the art elements are young children likely to be least concerned about?
A) color
B) mass or volume
C) pattern
D) design or composition
Q4) Neutral colors are:
A) made by mixing two primary colors in equal amounts.
B) opposite each other on the color wheel.
C) made by mixing an adjoining primary and secondary color in equal amounts.
D) pigments that do not have a particular color.
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Chapter 7: Aesthetics
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Q1) Gardner and Winner (1976) identified three developmental stages in understanding art. Which of the following statements is not characteristic of adolescents?
A) They have a more sophisticated understanding of art.
B) One's opinions and values vary.
C) Judgments in art are relative.
D) There are criteria for judging works of art.
Q2) Before taking the class on a field trip, the early childhood teacher should:
A) match the experience to the children's interests and the program's goals.
B) visit the destination.
C) notify parents and receive their permission.
D) all of the above
Q3) Picture book illustrations can be considered works of art.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Aesthetics is a branch in the field of psychology.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four of the six components of an aesthetic attitude.
Q6) List the three elements of aesthetics.
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Q7) Describe the most effective way a teacher can demonstrate his/her inner beauty.
Chapter 8: Sensory Experiences
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Q1) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptive term color?
A) tactile
B) visual
C) chromatic
D) baric
Q2) Which of the following objects is not likely to support children's auditory learning?
A) stethoscope
B) rhythm instruments
C) tuning fork
D) cellophane color paddles
Q3) List the three basic sensory modalities preferred by children.
Q4) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptor of taste?
A) olfactory
B) gustatory
C) kinesthetic
D) chromatic
Q5) Watching TV is an example of a multisensory activity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Complete Early Childhood Art Program
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Q1) Although the studio-oriented approach to art has dominated the training of early childhood teachers, art education theory has shifted to which of the following approaches?
A) child-centered
B) discipline-based
C) creative self-expression
D) comprehensive
Q2) Pointillism involves:
A) color fusion.
B) color mixing.
C) color blending.
D) blending lines and shapes.
Q3) Which of the following is not a point of focus for art critique?
A) What is it?
B) What is the artist trying to say?
C) Do you like it?
D) What colors do you see?
Q4) Impressionist art deals with perception rather than reality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Child-Centered Art Versus Teacher-Directed Projects
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Q1) In a teacher-directed art project, the teacher:
A) gives specific directions for the completion of the project.
B) models the project for the children, but does not give verbal directions.
C) accepts the children's input and decisions throughout the project.
D) encourages the children to make their own decisions during the project.
Q2) The concept of "developmentally appropriate" includes:
A) individually, socially, and emotionally appropriate.
B) culturally, kinesthetically, and cognitively appropriate.
C) social-emotionally, affectively, and culturally appropriate.
D) individually, culturally, and age appropriate.
Q3) External motivators actually decrease children's intrinsic motivation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the art center, rules for behavior and the use of materials should be:
A) loosely structured with minimal consequences.
B) rigidly enforced because of safety issues.
C) posted and discussed so that children will understand and remember them.
D) dependent on the art activity being offered.
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Q5) List the five basic elements of shape on which Brookes bases art instruction for young children.
Chapter 11: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art
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Q1) State-mandated curriculum standards:
A) outline the content that is to be taught in each content area at each grade level.
B) are accompanied by a scope and sequence that prescribes the order in which the standards are presented.
C) give direction or focus to what teachers do with children in public school classrooms.
D) all of the above
Q2) embalmed
A)missed opportunities for teachable moments
B)loosely planned curriculum based on the children's interests and activities
C)units and lessons taught by the teacher in previous years
D)teacher-proof
Q3) In developing early childhood art curriculum, PIE stands for:
A) Plan, Integrate, and Evaluate.
B) Plan, Implement, and Emulate.
C) Produce, Integrate, and Enjoy.
D) Plan, Implement, and Evaluate.
Q4) List the three components of early childhood curriculum development.
Q5) List five sources of emergent curriculum.
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Chapter 12: The Art Center 1
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Q1) Art can easily and naturally be connected to studies of history in the early childhood curriculum because:
A) the materials used in the artwork tell us about the environment in which it was created.
B) the clothing of the subjects portrayed reveals the era in which the artwork was created.
C) different art forms are intimately tied to different historical eras.
D) drawings and paintings are often the only visual representations we have of historical people and events.
Q2) The human brain is designed to perceive:
A) visual patterns.
B) auditory patterns.
C) mathematical patterns.
D) all of the above
Q3) List three graphic activities that are important steps in the development of a child's ability to print and write.
Q4) Activities with tempera paint can help children learn about science concepts related to . (2 words)
Q5) List the three science concepts that children learn by constructing a mobile.
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Chapter 13: The Art Center 2
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Q1) Easels for painting and drawing in the art center will encourage:
A) social interaction.
B) creativity and its expression.
C) gross motor activity during art.
D) fine motor activity during art.
Q2) Explain why it is important to periodically evaluate the art center in your classroom.
Q3) The art center is best located near the:
A) book center.
B) science center.
C) manipulatives center.
D) dramatic play center.
Q4) List the three R's that provide guidelines for providing materials in the early childhood art center.
Q5) In the art center:
A) children should be left to process freely without adult direction or interference.
B) written or rebus directions should be provided for the use of all materials.
C) teachers should provide direct instruction for art activities.
D) teachers should provide suggestions or possibilities for children to explore.
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Chapter 14: Art Experiences Through Technology
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Q1) Sharing professional photographs with children is likely to inhibit their creativity and originality.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following types of software allows children to produce and receive written and verbal communication?
A) open-ended
B) drill-and-practice
C) voice-to-text
D) tutorial
Q3) Computers are one of many tools in a developmentally appropriate classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Too much free exploration of software on the computer can result in children's
Q5) Jean Piaget developed a computer programming language for children called Logo. A)True
B)False
Q6) A___________ is a tiny unit of color in a digital photograph.
Q7) In computer art, the___________ qualities of the media are missing.
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Chapter 15: Roles, Responses, and Strategies to Support
Childrens Art
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Q1) Which of the following is not a reason to include art dictation in your early childhood art program?
A) deepening the teacher's understanding of the child artist
B) building the teacher's relationship with the child artist
C) reinforcing the connection between the spoken and written word
D) completing the creative process for both child and teacher
Q2) Taking art dictation deepens the teacher's understanding of the child artist.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List three nonverbal behaviors to include in a nonverbal response to a child's artwork.
Q4) When a teacher identifies a child who is artistically or creatively blocked and uses an appropriate intervention strategy, he/she is acting as a(n):
A) responder.
B) problem solver.
C) observer.
D) troubleshooter.
Q5) List four of the five reasons early childhood teachers should take art dictation.
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Chapter 16: Art Assessment
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Q1) In their artwork, children share:
A) pleasant experiences.
B) unpleasant experiences.
C) strong feelings and emotions.
D) all of the above
Q2) Joshua threw a temper tantrum.
A)Fact (f)
B)Inference (i)
Q3) Which of the following should not be recorded during the observation of a child?
A) what the child is wearing
B) the child's facial expressions
C) what the child says and does
D) the child's body posture and gestures
Q4) Young children are typically good test takers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Each portfolio entry should be dated and arranged chronologically in the portfolio.
A)True
B)False
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