| A | B |
| Science | The study of natural processes and their products. |
| science table | A table used to display itemsrelatedto the science area. |
| open-ended questions | Questions promoting discussion and requiring decisionmaking skills |
| closed-ended questions | questions requiring few decision- making skills and most often answered with yes or no. also referred to as single questions. |
| feely box | A box with a circle cut in it large enough for children to put their hands into and identify different objects and materiald placed inside by touch. |
| incidental learning | Learning experiences that happen during the course of an average day. |
| perceptions | Ideas formed about a relationship or object as a result of what is learned through the senses. |
| culture | A group's ideas and ways of doing things such as traditions language beliefs and customs that become a learning pattern of social behavior. |
| omission | Implication that some groups have less value than other groups in our society caused by not mentioning or including a group in teaching. |
| morning meeting | class meetings that promote a caring community ay toddler preschool ,kindergarten and schoolage levels by creating and modeling a democratic environment. |
| ecology | Study of the chain of life focusing on watervland air grass trees birds and insects. |