NACC - M1 Ch8 - Terms

Activities that help children develop knowledge, skills, and understanding through meaningful play.

Example: Children learn about measurement while baking together.

The different ways children develop skills and knowledge over time.

Example: One child learns to write by drawing first, while another begins by tracing letters.

Learning how to understand emotions, build relationships, and make responsible decisions.

Example: Children work together to solve a disagreement during play.

Movement-based play that develops motor skills and overall health.

Example: Running, climbing, balancing, and jumping outdoors.

Pretend play where children act out different roles and situations.

Example: Children pretend to run a restaurant.

Building or creating using different materials.

Example: Constructing a bridge with blocks.

Activities that allow children to express ideas and feelings through art, music, dance, and drama.

Example: Painting a picture after a nature walk.

The early skills children develop before learning to read and write.

Example: Pretending to read a favourite storybook.

Learning through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Example: Building a ramp and testing how fast different objects roll.

Learning by asking questions, investigating, and discovering answers.

Example: Children ask why ice melts and perform an experiment.

A problem-solving process that involves planning, testing, improving, and trying again.

Example: Children redesign a block tower after it falls down.

Early understanding of numbers, patterns, quantity, and mathematical thinking.

Example: Sorting objects by size and counting them.