CHFD225 Week 8 Assignment 4 What is the Issue

Assignment 4: What is the Issue?

Over the course of the past 8 weeks, we have examined a number of issues that are facing families today. For this assignment you are going to select an issue facing families today and address the following:

1. Identify the issue that you have selected
2. Discuss the impact of the issue selected on the family
3. Provide some history on how the selected issue has evolved
4. Identify 3 resources that are available to assist families experiencing the selected issue. Provide a summary of what each resource has to offer and how it can be helpful.
5. Provide a closing discussion on what is needed to resolve your selected issue. Be sure to include policy changes as well as societal changes in your discussion.

Assignment Requirements: Create your assignment in a word document, length 4 content pages, APA formatted, (In addition to 4 content pages you must include cover page and reference page) use minimum of 3 references to support your writing. You must show how and where the references used at the end of your paper are used to support the body of your paper through the use of in text citations. Please avoid using direct quotes so that your Turnitin Originality Score is within an acceptable range.

Save your assignment as your topic_ your name. (i.e. Divorce_MickeyMouse). Title your paper with the issue you chose as your topic.

 

CHFD225 Week 8 Discussion Family Policy

Q. 1.  Please read, chapter 26 in "Contemporary Issues in Family Studies: Global Perspectives on Partnerships, Parenting and Support in a Changing World" in our readings to complete the discussion this week.

While most people can identify the issues affecting American families, not many people understand what goes into the development of family policy, let alone agree on what the role of government should be regarding families. Based on your experience and what you learned this week, what are the principles that should guide the development of family policy? Please share your "take away" from the reading this week. For example, did you learn anything new or did anything surprise you? Feel free to use outside scholarly sources to complete this discussion as well.

E03V Curriculum Development Lesson 6 and 7 Exam SCORE 93 PERCENT

Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following would NOT be considered a red flag in speech and language development?
Question options:
 
a) The child does not respond to "no" or changes in tone of voice between 0-3 months.

 
b) The child does not answer simple "who," "what," and "where" questions or is not understood by people outside the family between 1 and 2 years of age.

 
c) The child cannot understand differences in meaning or string together two or three words between 2-3 years.

 
d) The child has not developed correct syntax and pronoun usage by 2 years of age.

Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is TRUE about debriefing with children after a science activity?
Question options:
 
a) It helps them realize that science is a collection of well-known facts.

 
b) It encourages children to think creatively, divergently, and convergently in their problem solving.

 
c) It teaches children that science is bound by already documented laws, theories, and principles.

 
d) It guards against relying on using their intuitive feelings to solve problems.

Question 3 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the best strategy to use when a teacher is providing for learning of physical knowledge?
Question options:
 
a) Set up the materials and encourage exploration.

 
b) Give detailed information by telling children about physical knowledge.

 
c) Model the skill to be learned.

 
d) Have someone demonstrate an experiment and debrief.

Question 4 2.5 / 2.5 points
When a child yells out, "McDonald's!" at the sign of the golden arches but cannot yet decode, he is in what word knowledge stage?
Question options:
 
a) Orthographic

 
b) Alphabetic

 
c) Analytic

 
d) Logographic

Question 5 2.5 / 2.5 points
The teacher asks the children to sort the insect pictures in one pile and the spider pictures in another pile. This is an example of what cognitive operation?
Question options:
 
a) Classification

 
b) One-to-one correspondence

 
c) Matching

 
d) Conservation

Question 6 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the last skill to be acquired on the continuum of phonological awareness?
Question options:
 
a) Rhyming

 
b) Writing fluency

 
c) Phonemic awareness

 
d) Balanced literacy

Question 7 0 / 2.5 points
Matching, patterning, and seriating are examples of which type of cognitive skills?
Question options:
 
a) Focusing skills

 
b) Memory skills

 
c) Analyzing skills

 
d) Organizing skills

Question 8 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following skills are covered in the CCSS English Language Arts?
Question options:
 
a) Decoding, independent reading, balanced literacy, and writing workshop

 
b) Leaving spaces between words, capitalization, punctuation, and methods of instruction

 
c) Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, alphabetic awareness, and expert tutoring

 
d) Reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and media and technology

Question 9 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is an example of Socratic questioning?
Question options:
 
a) "Which one of these answers is correct?"

 
b) "What is the name of that animal?"

 
c) "How do you know that?"

 
d) "Which of these dates comes first on a timeline?"

Question 10 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which approach is most likely to enhance children's ability to classify objects?
Question options:
 
a) Tell the children to find all of the red ones.

 
b) Provide the materials that could be classified for the children to use on their own during free play.

 
c) Explain in detail what attributes are and how they vary, and quiz children about their comprehension of this instruction.

 
d) Ask children to sort materials and then tell you why they put certain things together.

Question 11 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following bridges children's informal knowledge with formal concepts?
Question options:
 
a) Learning mathematical content and processes

 
b) Opportunities presented for real problem solving

 
c) Watching, listening, memorizing, and copying

 
d) Offering particular time slots in the day for mathematics

Question 12 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the first indication of emergent literacy in a young child?
Question options:
 
a) Child uses a single letter for a word.

 
b) Child is scribbling.

 
c) Child uses letter-like forms.

 
d) Child writes letter strings.

Question 13 2.5 / 2.5 points
Ordering is the operation of which of the following?
Question options:
 
a) Identifying common relations between objects

 
b) Pairing on exact or identical attributes

 
c) Seriating objects by attributes

 
d) Categorizing on the basis of a primary attribute

Question 14 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following would constitute an example of alliteration?
Question options:
 
a) The beautiful moon rose over the sleepy town.

 
b) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

 
c) Susy sells seashells down by the seashore.

 
d) Teensy, Weensy Spider went up the waterspout.

Question 15 2.5 / 2.5 points
The time it takes for a child to become functional in a new language depends greatly on:
Question options:
 
a) the teacher's skill.

 
b) the amount of exposure to the new language.

 
c) parents' ability to speak the new language.

 
d) the difficulty of the new language.

Question 16 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT true?
Question options:
 
a) Oral language is increased when a child has a chatty mother.

 
b) The peak learning years for human beings appears to be between 4 and 10 years of age.

 
c) Pruning destroys synapses, resulting in a less efficient brain.

 
d) Poor nutrition and maternal drug use may result in problematic fetal brain development.

Question 17 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the relationship between sounds and letters in the written language?
Question options:
 
a) Phonological awareness

 
b) Graphemes

 
c) Phonics

 
d) Phonemic awareness

Question 18 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is a gene that stimulates synapses to transmit signals?
Question options:
 
a) Axon

 
b) CREB

 
c) Myelin

 
d) Neuron

Question 19 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is NOT one of the 5 essential functions of inquiry?
Question options:
 
a) Helps students "know how we know" in science

 
b) Develops dispositions to use the skills, abilities, and habits of mind associated with science

 
c) Develops an understanding of the nature of science

 
d) Creates new facts about how to model observation

Question 20 0 / 2.5 points
In response to the teacher's request to tell her how many red blocks there are in a set of 40 colored blocks, Sam must use which of the following?
Question options:
 
a) One-to-one correspondence

 
b) Cardinality

 
c) Subitizing

 
d) Conservation

Question 21 2.5 / 2.5 points
What strategies are likely to be MOST effective in teaching a young child to throw a ball?
Question options:
 
a) Playing a video of a professional baseball pitcher followed by discussion

 
b) Allowing some exploration, then demonstrating followed by oral cues and practice

 
c) Giving directions to children in large groups followed by practice by pairs

 
d) Providing small soft balls and waiting for the skill to emerge on its own

Question 22 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is likely to be the appropriate age range for this description of friendship? Tom and David are good friends who play together often. They take turns and share toys and materials comfortably. One day, Ian approached Tom and said, "I want to be your friend." Tom replied, "You can't be my friend-David is my friend!"
Question options:
 
a) 2 to 3

 
b) 5 to 9

 
c) 10 to 12

 
d) 13 to 15

Question 23 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following describes the steps that children can be taught to resolve a conflict?
Question options:
 
a) Define the problem, suggest solutions, and negotiate a solution, follow-through.

 
b) Determine whether the conflict is intentional, review the rules, redirect problem behavior.

 
c) Stop the activity, protect the hurt child, and comfort the angry child.

 
d) Review the situation in light of classroom rules, show concern about the other child's feelings, discuss the consequences of the action.

Question 24 2.5 / 2.5 points
Identify the LEAST accurate statement about physical fitness.
Question options:
 
a) Children who are fit when young tend to remain fit in adolescence.

 
b) Endurance, speed, agility, coordination, reaction time, strength, flexibility, and balance are a part of being fit.

 
c) Time spent in physical activity has a negative effect on achievement of educational standards.

 
d) Moderate physical activity improves children's ability to focus their attention after participation.

Question 25 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the perceptual motor skills are most closely associated with deciphering letters from words?
Question options:
 
a) Balance

 
b) Directional awareness

 
c) Temporal awareness

 
d) Figure-ground perception

Question 26 2.5 / 2.5 points
The purpose of using activities related to diverse cultures in a homogenous classroom is to provide which of the following?
Question options:
 
a) Opportunities to make the dramatic play area more interesting

 
b) Opportunities for children to feel more comfortable with people less familiar to them

 
c) Learning experiences about the dominant culture

 
d) Early chance to learn languages other than English

Question 27 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which motor skill would you expect children to be able to perform earliest?
Question options:
 
a) Throwing

 
b) Catching

 
c) Kicking

 
d) Galloping

Question 28 2.5 / 2.5 points
When Mr. Green talks with the children about WHY taking turns is a rule in his classroom, he is touching on which dimension of the social domain?
Question options:
 
a) Social Skills

 
b) Social Responsibility

 
c) Socialization

 
d) Social Studies

Question 29 2.5 / 2.5 points
What strategy is the best one to teach 3- to 5-year-olds about proper eating habits?
Question options:
 
a) Correct each child when he or she makes a mistake.

 
b) Eat meals with the children and demonstrate proper eating habits.

 
c) Do direct instruction during morning group times.

 
d) Allow for exploration and guided discovery.

Question 30 2.5 / 2.5 points
Kathleen, age 7, holds the small ball in both hands in front of her before swinging forward, then backward with one hand and balancing on well-separated feet. As her arm swings forward and across her body, she rotates and leans into the throw. She moves the foot from the back to a forward position as she follows through the body movement and maintains her balance. What word best describes this movement?
Question options:
 
a) Bilateral

 
b) Ipsilateral

 
c) Unilateral

 
d) Contralateral

Question 31 2.5 / 2.5 points
Why are early childhood professionals advised to spend time teaching children about conflict resolution?
Question options:
 
a) It is an important part of the social studies curriculum.

 
b) It emphasizes communication and empathy.

 
c) It teaches children about the sociology of the early childhood environment.

 
d) It is a way to teach social responsibility.

Question 32 2.5 / 2.5 points
Mrs. Garcia is ill. Her 5-year-old son, Jose, offers her his teddy bear for comfort. What aspect of prosocial behavior does little Jose still need to learn more about?
Question options:
 
a) Recognizing need

 
b) Making a decision

 
c) Perspective taking

 
d) Instrumental know-how

Question 33 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following activities represents the civic ideals and practices theme within the Social Studies curriculum?
Question options:
 
a) Children make a family tree of their parents and grandparents.

 
b) Children vote on a name for a class gerbil.

 
c) Children study the interaction between home and workplace environments.

 
d) Children work on a food drive to combat hunger in their community.

Question 34 2.5 / 2.5 points
What is the single MOST effective strategy to prevent disease in groups of children?
Question options:
 
a) Keep children inside during cool to cold days or damp weather.

 
b) Ensure that children and adults wash their hands correctly upon entering the classroom, before meals, and after toileting.

 
c) Incorporate regular exercises and physical fitness activities.

 
d) Use organic foods and plan a diet high in protein.

Question 35 0 / 2.5 points
Giving children information about how their actions affect others is an example of which play intervention strategy?
Question options:
 
a) Modeling

 
b) Expanding

 
c) Coaching

 
d) Mediating

Question 36 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of children's social development?
Question options:
 
a) Children's social competence influences their academic achievement.

 
b) Children naturally know how to make friends and influence people.

 
c) In our society, a high level of social competence means that a child exhibits responsible, friendly, cooperative, purposeful, and self-controlled behavior.

 
d) Social development can be looked at as the foundation on which other types of learning takes place.

Question 37 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which strategies are best for teaching motor skills?
Question options:
 
a) Coaching and demonstration

 
b) Experimentation, followed by correction

 
c) Telling children to try harder

 
d) Waiting for the motor skill to emerge

Question 38 2.5 / 2.5 points
When Karen sees that Marie is crying and gives her a pat on the back, she is demonstrating which facet(s) of prosocial behavior?
Question options:
 
a) Awareness

 
b) Recognizing Need and Taking Action

 
c) Recognizing Need, Deciding to Act, and Taking Action

 
d) Instrumental Know How

Question 39 2.5 / 2.5 points
At what age can you expect 90% of the children to use a three-point grip on a writing utensil comfortably?
Question options:
 
a) About 4

 
b) About 5

 
c) About 6

 
d) About 7

Question 40 2.5 / 2.5 points
Which is the least mature grip on a writing implement?
Question options:
 
a) Tripod grip with fingers well away from the tip

 
b) Tripod grip with implement resting on the index finger, near the tip

 
c) Full hand grasp with the thumb toward the point

 
d) Full hand grasp with the thumb away from the point

E03V Curriculum Development Lesson 8 Exam SCORE 95 PERCENT

Question 1 5 / 5 points
The following day, Ms. Kruger laid bedrolls in the tent and set up a hibachi (small grill) and some cooking tools before the children came in. What role is she playing?
Question options:
 
a) Observer

 
b) Mediator

 
c) Planner

 
d) Collaborator

Question 2 5 / 5 points
The best time for teachers to schedule outside time is:
Question options:
 
a) as soon as children arrive.

 
b) immediately after morning snack or breakfast.

 
c) after learning center time, right before lunch.

 
d) There is no "best time" for outside time; it depends on the needs of the children, staff availability, and access to common spaces.

Question 3 0 / 5 points
Ms. Kruger quietly walked up to the "campfire" outside the tent where two children were standing around picking up materials and putting them down one Monday morning. She asked if she could play, too, and James nodded yes. "This is a very fine campsite. I am getting hungry," Ms. Kruger said as she began to kneel by the "fire" with a tiny stick in her hand. What role is she playing?
Question options:
 
a) Observer

 
b) Collaborator

 
c) Planner

 
d) Model

Question 4 5 / 5 points
Dimitri crawled around, growling to himself, sometimes approaching other children. Nichol told him that he should just go home. Dimitri crawled over to the large blocks where he arranged them as a three-sided enclosure with boards for a roof. Then he growled that he was going into his own lion den. What type of a construction project was this?
Question options:
 
a) One from natural encounters

 
b) One stemming from mutual interests of teachers and children

 
c) One stemming from teacher concerns

 
d) One stemming from thematic concerns

Question 5 5 / 5 points
The 3-year-olds in Mrs. Mezga's class at Missouri Central School are asked to create an Eskimo village out of cardboard boxes and other art materials. Based on what you have read about construction, select the answer that best describes the appropriateness of this activity.
Question options:
 
a) It is appropriate because the children are asked to make something.

 
b) It is inappropriate because the children have no conceptual base from which to develop their construction.

 
c) It is appropriate because the children are getting a chance to work together on a tangible product.

 
d) It is appropriate because the activity is relevant to the children's lives.

Question 6 5 / 5 points
Once the children got underway, Ms. Kruger indicated that she thought she should make a phone call near the ranger's office and then get back to work. She left the campsite and continued to check on the play periodically during the day. What role is she playing?
Question options:
 
a) Observer

 
b) Mediator

 
c) Responder

 
d) Collaborator

Question 7 5 / 5 points
Using essential theme criteria, which would be the MOST appropriate theme for a group of suburban preschool-age children living in Michigan?
Question options:
 
a) Pockets

 
b) Santa Claus

 
c) Vehicles

 
d) The desert

Question 8 5 / 5 points
Nicholas first examined the magnets and then arranged them carefully, talking to himself. What kind of play is this most likely to be?
Question options:
 
a) Construction with natural materials

 
b) Role play

 
c) Pretend with objects

 
d) Pretend time and place

Question 9 5 / 5 points
In the block area, Ms. Halliwell noticed that Su Min was making another enclosure to put the animals in. As she knelt beside her, she asked Su Min to tell her about her structure. "House," Su Min replied. Ms. Halliwell said, "It is a good thing you are building a house, as it might rain today. Will the people in your house get wet?" What roles or strategies did Ms. Halliwell use?
Question options:
 
a) Directing

 
b) Scaffolding

 
c) Monitoring for safety

 
d) Analyzing the task

Question 10 5 / 5 points
Which of the following is an example of a Project Approach activity for a preschool class?
Question options:
 
a) A class spends several days on various activities about the plumbing in their building, including a field trip to the basement to see how the water heater works.

 
b) At 9 AM every day, half the children in the class do sorting and counting activities while the other half work on an art project. After 20 minutes the groups switch.

 
c) All the children who are ready for literacy activities work in a group; those who are not ready play with the blocks.

 
d) The children work together painting a large cardboard box that they can use in pretend play to represent anything they want.

Question 11 5 / 5 points
Which child is engaged in the most complex form of pretend play?
Question options:
 
a) Karen is making a nurse's cap so that she can play nurse with other children as patients.

 
b) Jacquel is quietly talking to herself as if she were sailing a boat while painting a blue watercolor.

 
c) Vincent is providing the noise for the truck he is moving across the floor, "rummmm, rummmm."

 
d) Donald is "cooking" while playing alone in the housekeeping area.

Question 12 5 / 5 points
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Question options:
 
a) Children learn during all parts of the day, including routines like lunch and cleanup.

 
b) Teachers should carefully plan all parts of the day to maximize learning including routines like lunch and cleanup.

 
c) Toileting is one time of the day when children are not learning.

 
d) Reducing the number of transitions in a day reduces behavior problems.

Question 13 5 / 5 points
How can a play frame be established?
Question options:
 
a) Nonverbally, by walking into a pretend center

 
b) By invitation, "Let's play …"

 
c) By an adult announcing which child will portray each role

 
d) Nonverbally, by one child controlling the materials

Question 14 5 / 5 points
Based on principles of effective time management, kindergartner teachers should consider minimizing which of the following times in their daily schedule?
Question options:
 
a) Wait times

 
b) Outdoor times

 
c) Free Choice times

 
d) Time children spend in guided discovery activities

Question 15 5 / 5 points
How are metacommunications used during pretend play?
Question options:
 
a) To describe what is and is not play

 
b) To share information

 
c) To argue with others

 
d) To ask questions

Question 16 5 / 5 points
Which of the following is the most suitable theme for preschool-age children?
Question options:
 
a) Predicting the weather

 
b) Electricity

 
c) Plants in the classroom

 
d) Gravity

Question 17 5 / 5 points
Which part of the Project Approach is happening when the children discuss their experiences with a topic and then represent their understandings in a variety of ways?
Question options:
 
a) Phase 1

 
b) Phase 2

 
c) The Assessment Phase

 
d) Phase 3

Question 18 5 / 5 points
What influences individual differences in children's pretend play?
Question options:
 
a) Age, because pretend play skills simply emerge in a systematic manner over time

 
b) Cultural background and family life because poor kids do not know how to pretend

 
c) Maturity, style, and social involvement preferences, culture and family background

 
d) Master players present in the group and the quality of materials available

Question 19 5 / 5 points
Which of the following themes would be LEAST appropriate for a group of 5-year-olds who live in Hawaii?
Question options:
 
a) Shells

 
b) Birds

 
c) Stores

 
d) Penguins

Question 20 5 / 5 points
What benefits do children experience in projects that are NOT necessarily available in other approaches?

I. Opportunities for in-depth investigation of a topic
II. An opportunity to make choices about what they are learning
III. A variety of learning experiences across domains
IV. Hands-on learning
Question options:
 
a) I, II, III, and IV

 
b) I

 
c) II

 
d) II, III, and IV

E08 Health, Safety, and NutritionJ Assignment 3

Assignment 03

E08 Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling, and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double‐spaced pages; refer to the "Format Requirementsʺ page for specific format requirements.

 

Describe the common causes, possible complications, and management of each of the following.

 

a)      The common cold

b)      Diaper rash in infants

c)      Diarrhea in young children

d)     Earaches

e)      Stomachaches in young children

 

Grading Rubric

 

Please refer to the rubric on the next page for the grading criteria for this assignment.

 

 

E13 Early Childhood Literacy Assignment 4

Assignment 04

E13 Early Childhood Literacy

Directions:  Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading.  Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar.  Sources must be cited in APA format.  Your response should be four (4) pages in length; refer to the "Assignment Format" page for specific format requirements.

 

Discuss the key features of a teacher's role as model, provider, and facilitator in promoting language learning and literacy. Be specific in discussing practical ways that each role is shown.

 

E13 Early Childhood Literacy Assignment 8

Assignment 08

E13 Early Childhood Literacy

Directions:  Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading.  Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar.  Sources must be cited in APA format.  Your response should be four (4) pages in length; refer to the "Assignment Format" page for specific format requirements.

 

Briefly describe six of the nine criteria a teacher considers when selecting a story to tell to the class.

 

Next, name a story for each of the three main categories of stories.

 

Then create a numbered list showing the steps teachers typically go through to prepare for presenting a story to children.