Flashcards on Understanding Preschool Education
Understanding Preschool Education: Guide for Students
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Preschool education
42 cards
Card 1
Question: What is the typical age range for Pre-K (Pre-Kindergarten)?
Answer: 4 to 5 years old.
Card 2
Question: Where is Pre-K usually held and what is its main initiative?
Answer: Held in Nursery School; initiative to improve access to pre-primary schools for children in the USA.
Card 3
Question: Name three social or self-care skills children should learn in Pre-K beyond colors and numbers.
Answer: Follow rules, feed themselves with minimal assistance, use the bathroom independently (wear underwear instead of diapers).
Card 4
Question: What role do teachers play in Pre-K regarding behavior and social development?
Answer: Guide children to share, retain classroom learning, and teach respect and kindness to help them be model citizens.
Card 5
Question: What should children recap and expand on during Pre-K?
Answer: They should recap what they learned in Preschool and expand on that knowledge.
Card 6
Question: List key English skills taught in Pre-K.
Answer: Basic phonics (sounding out words), writing their name, writing all alphabet letters, and reading & writing simple sight words.
Card 7
Question: List key Math skills taught in Pre-K.
Answer: Telling time, identifying 2D/3D shapes, counting into 3-digit numbers, adding & subtracting 2-digit numbers, counting by ones/tens/hundreds, and under
Card 8
Question: What Social Studies concepts are introduced in Pre-K?
Answer: Identifying places on a map (country of residence), names of continents, names of different ethnic-racial groups, their cultures & customs, and origin
Card 9
Question: What Science topics are covered in Pre-K?
Answer: How weather works and its environmental impacts (ozone layer), how food is harvested and reaches supermarkets, planting seeds/gardening, reduce/reuse/
Card 10
Question: What skills do children practice during recess, playtime, and lunchtime?
Answer: Following step-by-step instructions in activities, imaginative problem solving, creating stories through dress-up, and learning to fully share with ot