Across
- 4. the act of helping or providing for oneself without dependence on others; in early childhood terms, activities that a child can do alone, without adult assistance (p. 180)
- 5. the state of being able to exist and operate independently, of being self-sufficient rather than being dependent on others (p. 180)
- 6. Inclusion providing the "least restrictive environment" for children with physical limitations
- 8. a phrase describing the development of curriculum that emphasizes an inclusive look at people and problems, extending the tenets of multi-cultural education and pluralism (p. 179)
Down
- 1. Ratio a numerical description of the number of staff to children, which will vary depending on the age of the children and the type of program activity and is established to provide for adult supervision of children at all times (p. 174)
- 2. Having to do with time and time sequence; in the early childhood setting, refers to scheduling and how time is sequenced and spent, both at home and in school (p. 174)
- 3. all those conditions that affect children's surroundings and the people in them; the physical, interpersonal, and temporal aspects of an early childhood setting (p. 174)
- 7. Restrictive Environment the least restrictive environment (LRE) is a special education term meaning that the child should be educated in the environment that the least different from the regular classroom as long as the child can learn in that environment (p. 180)