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Learning Circle Preschool emphasizes individual pride and achievement while focusing on teaching young children literacy-related tasks.Learning Circle's approach seems to MOST closely resemble a(n) _____ program.

A) intervention
B) Montessori
C) Reggio Emilia
D) bilingual

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Teacher-directed preschool programs are similar in nature to the Reggio Emilia approach.

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Leroy is in a teacher-directed preschool.Which activity would his parents NOT expect him to be doing?

When 2- to 6-year-old children imitate an adult's action that is irrelevant,perhaps even inefficient,it is called "_____."

_____ is the rapid and sometimes imprecise way in which children learn new words by placing them in mental categories based on their perceived meaning.

Language shift occurs when _____ leads children to conclude that their first language is inferior to another one.

A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called:

Frank is a natural-born musician with the ability to pick up and play nearly any musical instrument.His musical talent is controlled by the left side of his brain.

Bruce suffered a brain injury as a result of an automobile accident.His abilities to speak and to process language were severely affected.His injury was to the:

When Jessie sees her kindergarten teacher in the grocery store,she is shocked to see her outside of school.Jessie's surprise is an example of:

A 2-year-old human's brain is _____ percent of the adult brain's weight.

Elsa is becoming more fluent in English than her native Spanish.She is exhibiting a(n)_____.

_____ designed a special type of educational program with structured,individualized projects meant to give children a sense of accomplishment.

In most adults,the brain is organized in such a way that the areas of language development are located in the _____ hemisphere of the brain.

Montessori schools focus on using materials and projects in such a way that children have a strong sense of accomplishment.

Lateralization means sidedness.

Parents of a typical 5-year-old girl in America are MOST likely to say:

In neuroscience terms,neurons have two types of impulses:

Interactive reading with preschoolers has been found to enhance their reading abilities in elementary school.

When Rianna was 11 months old,she was injured in a car crash.She was in a coma for almost a year and then spent many months of recovery from a brain injury.By her third birthday,although she is making good process,she has not yet spoken,and her parents are fearful that she will never speak.The doctors,however,feel confident that Rianna will learn to speak.This is because the first four years are not a _____ for language learning.