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Enhancing Your Playground with Limited Funds

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1.  Which of the following is a way children benefit from outdoor time?
  1. Reduced physical activity
  2. More screen time
  3. More time alone
  4. Experiencing nature
2.  What can adequate time in active play outdoors do for children?
  1. Reduce discipline issues
  2. Encourage physical development
  3. Help prevent obesity
  4. All of the above
3.  Thinking about children, what does "nature deficit" refer to?
  1. Not knowing the names of plants and trees
  2. Exposure to poison ivy and other toxic plants
  3. Lack of significant time outdoors
  4. Failure to have organized games outdoors
4.  What does a play space represent?
  1. How many children can use a specific item at one time
  2. The playground area that children use the most
  3. How much square footage is required by licensing regulations
  4. A phrase to represent how many children can be supervised by one adult
5.  How is the number of play spaces determined?
  1. By checking the square footage of the playground
  2. By assessing how many children can be occupied or engaged in activities at one time
  3. By measuring the perimeter of the fence
  4. By how many staff are supervising the playground at one time
6.  Why should you have more play spaces than the number of children?
  1. Children may want to stay with one activity the whole time
  2. Children need to learn to take turns and share
  3. The parents like to see more equipment
  4. To give children a choice of activities when they want to end an activity
7.  Which of the following was suggested as an idea for inexpensive equipment to use outdoors?
  1. Legos
  2. Dress up clothes
  3. Cardboard boxes
  4. Pencils
8.  Good items for infants and/or toddlers include all except which of the following?
  1. Soft balls
  2. Legos
  3. Wind chimes
  4. Simple riding toys
9.  Which of the following best describes open-ended items?
  1. Can be used in a variety of ways
  2. Are inexpensive
  3. Can be left outdoors
  4. Are disposable
10.  Which of the following is NOT considered a sensory material?
  1. Fingerpaint
  2. Playdough and clay
  3. Blocks
  4. Bubbles

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