Which statement best shows a child drawing on everyday experiences and applying this knowledge to a new situation?

• A. The child uses traffic directing signals on the bike track after seeing a police officer demonstrate them.
• B. The child says, 'My Nana has a chair like the one Rosa and her family bought.'
• C. The child divides objects into groups by size after watching a teacher do it yesterday.
• D. The child sorts crayons into groups by color.

Answer: (A)

This question tests transfer of learning—the ability to take something seen in everyday life and apply it in a new situation. The child watches a police officer demonstrate traffic directing signals and then uses those same signals on the bike track. That shows taking knowledge from a real-world experience and adapting it to a different context, which is exactly what applying everyday experience to a new situation looks like.

The other scenarios are less about applying everyday experiences to a novel context. For example, mentioning Nana’s chair shows recognizing similarity to a familiar object but not using that experience to handle a new task. Watching a teacher and then sorting by size demonstrates copying a procedure learned in a setting that’s still familiar, rather than applying everyday knowledge to a new scenario. Sorting crayons by color is basic categorization, not necessarily drawing on everyday experience as a guide in a new situation.