Child Development
What is the term for learning through play and exploration?
Play-Based Learning
The teacher from The Magic School Bus.
Ms. Frizzle
This Dr. Seuss character speaks for the trees.
The Lorax
What does CEA stand for?
Connecticut Education Association
Students use me every day, but somehow I'm always missing.
A pencil
Skills like cutting scissors and writing are called these motor skills.
Fine motor skills
In Abbott Elementary, this optimistic second-grade teacher is the show's main character.
Janine Teagues
This pig is saved by a spider's messages in her web.
Charlotte's Web
CEA helps members grow through workshops, trainings, and this type of opportunity.
Professional Development
Students stare at me when they're confused, teachers write on me when they're not.
A whiteboard
What skill allows a child to wait their turn, follow directions, and control impulses?
Self-Regulation
The Hogwarts professor who teaches Transfiguration.
McGonagall
Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator of this novel about the Greasers and the Socs.
The Outsiders
CEA members can save money through special member offers, discounts, and this type of perk.
Benefits/Discounts
I connect ideas, organize thoughts, and am often created right before a big exam.
A study guide
According to Piaget, what stage begins around age 2 and includes symbolic thinking and pretend play?
Preoperational Stage
This Disney movie follows teacher Joe Gardner.
Soul
Scout Finch narrates this novel featuring her father, Atticus Finch.
To Kill a Mockingbird
CEA advocates for better schools by influencing this process at the state level.
Legislation (or Education Policy)
Teachers want more of me, students think they have plenty of me, and nobody can buy me.
Time
What set of mental skills helps children focus, remember instructions, and switch between tasks?
Executive Function
This principal in Matilda is feared by students.
Miss Trinchbull
The conch shell symbolizes order and civilization in this novel.
Lord of the Flies
Membership in your local educators association automatically connects you to CEA and this national organization with discounts, insurance programs, and educator resources.
NEA (National Education Association)
I become more valuable when covered in marks, notes, highlights, and sticky tabs, even though most objects lose value when written on.
A textbook