Child Care and Development Study Guide

This term means to turn a child's attention toward something else

• Redirect

• Adjust

• Discipline

• Stifle

What practical method of advertising would be the best to let people know that you want babysitting jobs?

• Radio

• Place a large ad in the local newspaper

• Give business cards to friends and neighbors

• Post flyers at several stores

What is a babysitter's most important task?

• Keep the children safe

• Agree on the pay before starting

• Clean the house

• Not talking or texting on the phone

After the children have gone to sleep, which of these activities can you do?

• Take a nap

• Invite your friends over

• Check out the clothes in a parent's closet

• Read, watch TV or listen to music

The term is defined as change or growth in a child

• Environment

• Development

• Culture

• Temperament

This type of development involves changes in a child's body size and his or her ability to accomplish tasks

• Social

• Emotional

• Intellectual

• Physical

If a fire starts in the house where you are babysitting, what should you do first?

• Call the parents

• Use a fire extinguisher to put the fire out

• Call 911

• Get the children out the house

Most of all, parents want what characteristic in a babysitter?

• Someone who is popular with the neighbor children

• Someone who is friendly

• Someone who dresses nice

• Someone who is responsible

What are children generally called when they first learn to walk?

• Walkers

• Preschoolers

• Newborns

• Toddlers

Children gradually play less by themselves and more with other children during these years

• Infant

• Middle School

• Toddler

• Preschool