Child Development Quiz

Rosalyn Sword

November 26, 2021

5 min read

Test your Child Development Knowledge

Children’s experiences in their first five years have been shown to have a significant impact on their developmental outcomes later on. As a result, it is important for parents and those who work with children to understand exactly what happens during these early stages of development. This allows them to meet a child’s needs effectively, and ensure that they have the best start in life. How much do you know about early childhood development? Try our quiz now to find out!

What has research found about dummies and language development?

Dummies should never be used

Children with dummies are quieter and make less progress

Dummies help children to practise using their speech muscles

Dummies have no impact on language development

Correct! Wrong!

When do children begin to recognise some letters?

5 years old

4 years old

1 year old

2-3 years old

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following statements is true about learning to write?

Children learn to write automatically and don’t require any teaching

Make a child write as early as you can – this will enhance their academic achievement

You should provide a child with mark-making materials and paper but not pressurise them to learn to write until they’re ready

Don’t give a child any mark-making materials because even doing so will make them feel pressured

Correct! Wrong!

When do children generally become able to take turns and share most of the time?

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

4 years old

Correct! Wrong!

What should you do to aid emotional development if a child cries because they are scared of a monster coming to get them?

Be supportive but only for the first time; after that, tell them off to discourage the behaviour

Support them by saying you understand how they feel, it must be scary, but monsters don’t exist and you’re here to protect them

Pretend that monsters are real and they’ll be eaten if they behave badly

Tell them they’re being silly and to stop crying because monsters aren’t real

Correct! Wrong!

Why might EAL children typically reach speech, language, or communication developmental milestones later than children who only speak English?

Because English is more difficult to learn than any other language

Because having EAL is likely to cause a language disorder

Because they have had less exposure to English than the other children have had

Because learning more than one language is confusing

Correct! Wrong!

What age group should you read stories to, to help their language development?

All ages, even very young babies

Children aged 1 and upwards

Children who have started school

Children aged 2 and upwards

Correct! Wrong!

Correct - all ages of children benefit from being read to.

When can children generally use a spoon to feed themselves and drink from a cup?

4-5 years

By 12 months

1-2 years

2-3 years

Correct! Wrong!

What should you do if a child keeps dropping an object on the floor?

Pick it up and give it back to them, at least a few times – this aids their cognitive development by teaching them about cause and effect

Tell them off gently and take the object away from them

Shout at them because, when they drop it, it makes a loud, annoying noise

Pick it up and give it back to them, because this aids their emotional development

Correct! Wrong!

When do children develop object permanence (the knowledge that an object still exists, even if it cannot be seen or heard)?

From birth

Around 5 years old

Between 1 and 3 years old

By 1 year old

Correct! Wrong!

Child Development Quiz

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Child Development Quiz

Test your Child Development Knowledge

What has research found about dummies and language development?

When do children begin to recognise some letters?

Which of the following statements is true about learning to write?

When do children generally become able to take turns and share most of the time?

What should you do to aid emotional development if a child cries because they are scared of a monster coming to get them?

Why might EAL children typically reach speech, language, or communication developmental milestones later than children who only speak English?

What age group should you read stories to, to help their language development?

When can children generally use a spoon to feed themselves and drink from a cup?

What should you do if a child keeps dropping an object on the floor?

When do children develop object permanence (the knowledge that an object still exists, even if it cannot be seen or heard)?

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Child Development Quiz

Test your Child Development Knowledge

What has research found about dummies and language development?

When do children begin to recognise some letters?

Which of the following statements is true about learning to write?

When do children generally become able to take turns and share most of the time?

What should you do to aid emotional development if a child cries because they are scared of a monster coming to get them?

Why might EAL children typically reach speech, language, or communication developmental milestones later than children who only speak English?

What age group should you read stories to, to help their language development?

When can children generally use a spoon to feed themselves and drink from a cup?

What should you do if a child keeps dropping an object on the floor?

When do children develop object permanence (the knowledge that an object still exists, even if it cannot be seen or heard)?

Further Reading:

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