Proximal parenting tends to produce children who are:

Dave has a ball of Silly Putty. His 6-year-old son, Mason, watches as Dave flattens the Silly Putty into a thin “pancake.” When Dave asks Mason if there is now more Silly Putty, Mason replies “Yes” because he has:

Husseun and Kamile are both building with building blocks. They are sitting apart, each with their own set of blocks. They are engaged in _____ play.

Balor, 2½, watches his father read the paper every morning at breakfast. Yesterday, Balor’s mom observed him climbing into a chair and rapidly scrunching pages of the newspaper as he tried to turn a page. When he saw his mother looking, Balor exclaimed, “Like daddy!” Balor’s behavior illustrates the concept of:

Jan, age 5, describes themselves as a good soccer player with brown hair who laughs a lot. Jan’s description demonstrates the development of:

The Reggio Emilia early-childhood program originated in:

The preeminent psychosocial accomplishment between the ages of 2 and 6 is learning when and how to:

Deedra is a young child with a vocabulary of roughly 700 words. Recently, Deedra has started asking “What’s that?” questions about everything. Based on this information, Deedra is probably _____ years old.

When does executive function dramatically improve?

Speech serves a _____ function, as mentors guide mentees in their zone of proximal development, learning numbers, recalling memories, and following routines.