Lesson 7 Quiz: Tips and Tricks

Think it through: You have just started a tag game with a group of Kindergarteners. Pretty quickly they are running into each other. What is a solution to keep this game going and to help the kids get aerobic? *

Stop the game and have them sit down

Ask them if they understood the directions

Have them run in the same direction

Ask them to show you some yoga poses

If Kindergarteners keep running into each other in a tag game, what could they be challenged with? *

Aerobic strength and BDNF production

Temporal awareness and bilateral movement

Auditory and visual awareness

Body, spatial and directional awareness

The space in which you are going to work with the children has a column in the middle of the room. You are planning on playing Color Run with the children and there is another adult available, what can you and the adult do to protect them from the column? *

You can place chairs around the column

You and another teacher can stand on either side of the column to protect children from running into it

You can have children walk rather than run

You can give them fewer colors to run with

If you are in the room with a column in the middle and you are going to play Color Run, but there is no other teacher there, would you stand in front of the column on one side? *

No. If you did, you would not be protecting the children from the other side of the column, and you would not be able to see any of the children behind you

No. If you stood on one side of the column some of the children couldn’t hear you

Yes. Doing it halfway is better than nothing at all.

Yes. This is the best way to manage the game.

What is the most important thing you put on before you walk into every single class with children? *

Your hat

Your expectations

A smile

Pants

The Art of Anticipation means *

Which personalities will be in class on a given day

Which games the children will not understand

Every play space will work perfectly

Anticipating what could go wrong

You are playing the game Lorax v. Oncelers and 3 year old Billy keeps kicking the cones rather than knocking them down with his hand. You take Billy’s hand in your hand and together you knock down a cone. Then you stand the cone up again and ask Billy to do it again by himself. This is *

Appropriate Assistance

Attentive Supervision

Gradual Progression

One Task at a Time

You are in a school where John repeatedly tackles other children. You and the teachers available have tried having John carry heavy items, pull weighted sleds, and push stacks of toys, but nothing is helping. You begin to see the children are afraid of John and cringe when he gets near, skirt away from him, and avoid him if possible. Your two best choices are to: *

Tell the other children that John is still learning his body and they need to allow him to bump and crash to do it.

Ask a teacher to remove him from class for the protection of the other children

Have one of the teachers stay right beside John to help him make better play choices

Put him in the corner by himself

Ask him gently to stop

You are in an outdoor program run by your gym where John repeatedly tackles other children. You have tried having John carry heavy items, pull weighted sleds and push stacks of toys, but nothing is helping. You begin to see the children are afraid of John and cringe when he gets near, skirt away from him and avoid him if possible. Your best choice is to: *

Explain to his parents that John is quite the athlete. You encourage them to consider enrolling him in football camp as his skills point towards his being quite the lineman down the road. You point out that scholarships certainly make college much more affordable and this could be a great way to secure a lucrative NFL career.

Explain to John’s parents that he has a poorly developed proprioceptive system. He has no idea what force means and is probably breaking pencils and crayons when he writes and colors. You explain that this probably happened because he didn’t move his body enough when he was younger so he has no idea what "force" and "hard" feel like. You suggest he start with heavy chores at home, like taking out the trash and raking.

Explain to his parents that you have spent the past several weeks working with John on his rough housing, but his behavior and his inability to control his body is getting extremely unsafe for the other children. You explain that you have a responsibility to keep all the children safe, including John, and if he continues like this while he is with you, he is likely to hurt himself and someone else severely. You recommend that he spend next week at home with some conversations with mom and dad about his behavior. If he wants to come back and play the following week, he will have to behave and control his body or he won’t be able to join the group anymore

You explain to John’s parents that his self-control is challenged. The other children do not appreciate being slammed into on a regular basis and it would be best if John quit the program and got counseling.

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Lesson 7 Quiz: Tips and Tricks