MABINI COLLEGES, INC.

DAET, CAMARINES NORTE

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Arts in Education

RONALDO M. YABUT
MAEd – Educational Leadership

SPED 204: THE MONTESSORI APPROACH TO EDUCATION

Professor: Dr. Shirly C. Dioneda
Midterm Test Questions

Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

__D_1. What are the benefits of reading aloud to young children?

a. Promotes social and emotional development. c. Builds literacy skills

b. Better language skills d. All of the above

__B _2. What happens if young children are encouraged to read regularly?

a. They become bored when they read regularly.

b. Stimulates optimal brain development patterns.

c. They can easily become distracted.

d. The young children cope with the comprehension.

__A__3. Why is reading aloud to children during their infancy and preschool years so
important?

a. Increase the richness of vocabulary

b. They are shy to read aloud.

c. They are not capable to read without the guidance.

d. They tend to be bored when they are reading regularly.

__C__4. What is the parent's role when their child reads aloud?

a. Bonding between parent and the child c. To facilitate infants exploration

b. Leave their child to read alone d. To pressure the child to read first.

__D__5. What is the role of the infant when they are reading aloud?

a. They are not interested. c. They are more focus on playing than reading.

b. The infants are easily distracted. d. To look at book with interest.

__A__6. What is the best thing to do when it comes to practicing the infants' daily shared
reading?

a. Enhanced engagement and language rich parent-child interactions.

b. The parents hesitates to give their full support.

c. They let their child to play more than to practice reading.

d. The parents let their child to explore things.

__C__7. At what age should we begin reading aloud with our children?

a. School entry c. Toddler

b. At-birth d. Pre-school

__C__8. A good book for a 2 year old, which ones do you think should be chosen?

a. Fairy tales c. picture book that tell a story

b. Book with baby faces d. cloth books

__B__9. What might be accomplished by an infant from birth to six months of age?

a. They keep on playing.

b. Right from birth, babies are listening, looking and learning.

c. The babies were not ready for practicing reading skills.

d. They are very dependent on the parents.

__A__10. Which book is good six to twelve months?

a. Brightly colored books to touch c. Rhyming books with repetition texts

b. Books with animals d. Counting and alphabet books

__B__11. Which among the book are good for 12 to 24 months?

a. Small books for small hand

b. Books about children and families

c. Books with pictures of children doing familiar things

d. Books about kids

__D__12. Which of the books is good for two to three years?

a. Fairy tales and legends c. Counting and alphabet books

b. Board books d. Books about family and friends

__A__13. Which among the books are good for 3 to 4 years old?

a. Picture books that telling stories c. Books about saying goodbye and hello

b. Books with baby faces d. Books about making friends

__B__14. Which among the books are good for 4 – 5 years old?

a. Search and find books

b. Books with longer stories and fewer pictures

c. Books with simple rhymes on predictable text

d. Nursery rhymes

__A__15. Why is it important to select reading materials based on the child's age?

a. Choosing books for children of different ages will help the parents to find
books that are right for the child.

b. Provide the books that will help the child to get their interest.

c. The child will collect the books as they grow from time to time.

d. They fond of reading.

Enumeration: Give the 5 benefits of make reading a part of every day.

1. They can read anywhere and anytime.

2. Read favorite stories over and over.

3. Ask your child questions about the story.

4. Make the story come alive.

5. It is never too early to start.