Across
- 2. The ability to understand emotions, experiences, and relationships, and to build new neutral pathways at any stage of life.
- 4. Practices using all five senses that can be thought of as deliberate breathing, movement, and meditation improve one's sense of harmony and awareness of the present moment.
- 6. A school or class for children 4-6 years of age; in the US it is usually the first year of formal, public school
- 8. The physical and social setting in which children learn, including the classroom setup, materials, and interactions with teachers and peers.
- 10. The experience
- 12. National Association for the education of Young Children
- 13. Creating educational experiences that take into consideration children's own ways of gathering information and learning, organizing a classroom around the children's needs.
- 14. A mind not affected yet by experiences, sensations, etc., also known as the "clean slate" upon which all of a child's experiences are written.
Down
- 1. Educational for all, regardless of race/ethnicity, culture, gender, status, sexual orientation, or religion
- 3. Materials designed so the child can decide if they have done an activity properly and try again without help from a teacher
- 5. A set of courses designed to form a whole, coordination of the various areas of study, making for continuous and interconnected learning.
- 7. Active Learning where children engage with real materials and activities to explore and understand concepts.
- 9. Educational settings with several purposes: Caring for and educating young children, providing a setting for higher education faculty to conduct research, and creating an environment were higher education students can apply learning and conduct observations.
- 11. The milestones children reach at different ages