During the cold winter months, teachers look for alternatives to outdoor recess. What is one effective way to incorporate large muscle activities during indoor recess?
A) Show a video of outside activities for later use.
B) Allow children to play tag in the classroom.
C) Locate and use an alternative site in the school, such as a gymnasium or auxiliary gym.
D) Supply pencil-and-paper activities such as connect the dots or tracing.
Question 2
While teaching first-graders a lesson on life cycles, a child asks to teach the others a song about the life stages of butterflies that she learned at camp over the summer. How can the teacher best handle this request?
A) Suggest that the student teach the song to others during recess.
B) Ask the child to share the song with you individually and, if the song is scientifically accurate, allow the student to teach it to classmates.
C) Tell the student songs are for music class only and that singing is not part of the science curriculum.
D) Ignore the request to keep other children from wanting to bring songs into lessons.
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