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Test your knowledge about child development, the value of play in the early years and the importance of observing and assessing young children by answering true or false. to these statements.

to these statements.

1 A reflex is an automatic physical response to a stimulus. If you stroke a baby's cheek she will automatically turn towards the side that is stroked - this a reflex called 'rooting'.

2 When young children are playing it is always best to let them play on their own.

3 Susan Isaacs researched in the 1920s and 1930s and believed that children can use play to express their feelings.

4 All observations of young children should be in written text.

5 A child 18 months old can speak in sentences of eight words or more.

6 Seven-year-old children draw a person as a cephalopod.

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