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Ece 407: Children’S Literature In Early Childhood Development Question Paper

Ece 407: Children’S Literature In Early Childhood Development

Course:Bachelor Of Education In Early Childhood Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION (EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION)

ECE 407: CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

DATE: Wednesday
23rd December 2009
TIME: 11.00am – 1.00pm

SECTION A. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS TOTAL MARKS THIRTY (30)
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all the questions. Each question is work 5marks
1.
Briefly explain how children’s literature influences children’s emotional
development.

2.
Briefly describe how children’s literature influences children’s physical
development.

3.
Describe what “children like” in written literature.

4.
Briefly describe with illustrations how to make a cloth book for infants and young
children.

5.
Describe citing relevant examples the preparations a teacher should take prior to
story time.

6.
Briefly describe with examples what is a story according Anne Pellowski and
what formats a story can take.
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SECTION B: LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (40 MARKS)
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer only two of the following four questions
7.
Discuss with examples the steps Margaret Read MacDonald describes for learning
a story for an oral presentation and their relevance in Kenyan classrooms.

8.
You have read a story about a boy, his dog and her puppies to a class of four year
olds. Describe in detail two follow-up activities you would use in each of the
following areas: number, science, art and craft, social studies. Within these 8
activities, identify the objectives as well as steps within each activity.

9.
a)
Write a short story (two lines per page for a total of 16 lines on 8 pages)
for five years olds that helps children to see the need to conserve water.

b)
Identify how the story should be read, where the teacher should pause,
what should she emphasize and how, and what questions she might ask
during or at the end of the story.

c)
Identify what teaching aids the teacher should have available and use
during this story.

10.
a)
Describe with examples how children’s literature influences intellectual
development.

b)
Based on this description in (a) discuss how you would train pre-school
teachers to select and use children’s picture books in nursery classes.

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