Several children are in an area of the room that is set up like a restaurant. some children are customers studying the day's menu and checking the prices; others are waitresses and waiters taking orders and collecting money; and others are the cooks pretending to measure and mix ingredients. this type of activity in early childhood classrooms would be considered to be:
a. an excellent setup for applying mathematics and science understandings.
b. a waste of time to children who should be memorizing math facts.
c. a waste of time to children who should be reading their science textbooks.
d. far from being in line with national standards for mathematics and science instruction.