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3. Learning Learning by doing and using real materials.
4. Emilia Approach Child-centered learning where the environment helps teach.
8. Education Education focused on experience, thinking, and problem-solving.
13. Malaguzzi Leader of the Reggio Emilia approach.
14. Method Learning that encourages independence and hands-on activities.
15. Early Childhood Education Education that is appropriate, inclusive, and meets children’s needs.
17. Approach Teaching based on children’s needs and interests.
18. School for young children, usually ages 4–6.
19. Paying attention to the present moment.
21. & Stages Milestones children reach as they grow.
28. Appropriate Practice (DAP) Teaching that matches children’s age, development, and needs.
31. Start Program A program that provides education and support to low-income children and families.
32. A very upsetting experience that can have lasting effects.
35. Development How children grow and change over time.
37. Education Education that emphasizes imagination and creativity.
38. Childhood Development from birth to age 8.
39. Rasa The idea that a child’s mind starts as a “blank slate.”

1. Learning Learning by asking questions, exploring, and investigating.
2. The place and people around children where they learn.
5. Childhood Education (ECE) Education focused on children from birth to age 8.
6. Materials that let children check and fix their own work.
7. Curriculum Learning through active, hands-on experiences.
9. Learning Standards Guidelines for what children should know and do at different ages.
10. Froebel Founder of kindergarten who believed in learning through play.
11. Managing your thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
12. The way a person thinks and understands experiences.
16. Piaget Psychologist known for his theory of child cognitive development.
20. Schools Schools where children learn and college students can observe and practice teaching.
22. Curriculum Connecting different subjects together for learning.
23. Dewey Educator who believed children learn through experience.
24. Understanding how another person feels.
25. Care and Education Caring for and teaching young children.
26. National Association for the Education of Young Children.
27. Reform Changes made to improve education.
29. Montessori Educator who created the Montessori method.
30. A plan for what children will learn and how they will learn it.
33. Education Education for everyone, regardless of differences.
34. Learning Learning through play and exploration.
36. Vygotsky Psychologist known for sociocultural learning and the ZPD.