Mandatory Reporting
A legal requirement in some states/territories, requiring child abuse to be reported.
Manipulative Play
When a person plays with equipment or materials that require them to use their fine motor skills.
Maturation
Occurs from within and refers to the readiness of the individual for a skill or an ability to emerge. For example, toilet training cannot occur until the necessary level of maturation has been reached.
Mediator
To act between disagreeing parties to bring about an agreement.
Methodology
The underlying principles of how to go about a task.
Milestones
An event marking an important point in a person's life. For instance, an achievement of a point of development / growth like crawling.
Mnemonic
A strategy to help one remember things.
Moral Development
Able to act accordingly to the rules of right conduct. Evolution, growth, expansion.