Investigating Science With Young Children

Investigating Science with Young Children

Althouse, Rosemary

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

“Teaching science by a process approach is an exciting adventure for both teachers and children. There is neither a predetermined sequence of events for children nor a specific set of directions for the teacher. Process science is an open-ended approach, and the direction learning will take is determined, for the most part, by the children.”―from the Preface
Teaching science to young children has long been an area of intense interest and concern to educators. Investigating Science with Young Children is specifically designed to address this concern in a practical, timely, and enjoyable way. Originally planned as an extension of the ten-booklet series, Science Experiences for Young Children (Teachers College Press, 1975), this book outlines 85 lively activities the teacher can use in guiding three-, four-, and five-year-olds in a fruitful exploration of science. The first part of the book presents a theoretical explanation of the process approach advocated by the author; the second, the activities themselves: Exploring Water, Mixing Colors, Setting Objects in Motion, to name a few.
Investigating Science with Young Children offers an informed guide to resources necessary to implement an effective and productive science program. The book will help teachers fully understand the process approach and encourage them to develop their own science activities for the classroom. As the author states, “It is not enough to read about process science; you must use it to find out how much children enjoy and learn from this method.”
This book will serve as a supplemental text for early childhood and primary science curriculum courses and as an invaluable resource for teachers.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

Conceived as a companion volume to Althouse’s popular Investigating Science with Young Children, Investigating Mathematics with Young Children outlines over 50 developmentally appropriate and innovative activities for helping young children explore the exciting world of mathematics in ways that are non-threatening, non-coercive, and very much hands-on.
In Part I, the author develops a theoretical approach by applying information processing theory and Piagetian psychology to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, which is used as a framework within which to plan mathematical activities for young children. Part II, the bulk of the book, presents the activities themselves in chapters organized around mathematical themes or topics. Children investigate such approachable concepts as Number • Measurement • Spatial relationships • Shape • Sequencing • Patterns • Mathematical language • Problem solving • with an emphasis on teaching mathematics as an integral part of an early childhood education program rather than as a set of isolated skills.

Investigating Mathematics with Young Children

Science & Math

Mathematics

Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children’s artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children’s art, including some in full color. Based on standards endorsed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Art Education Association (NAEA), this important book focuses on: <ul>
<li> Lev Vygotsky’s theory of social interactions in learning, showing how teacher-child and child-child relations become an important part of the art experience.</li> <li> Helping teachers to use more effective language to build children’s conceptual knowledge and guide them in their art making.</li> <li> The use of many kinds of art media, providing examples of developmentally appropriate activities to improve children’s thinking and learning. </li> <li> Moving away from art that is solely created to be “cute” and pleasing to adults to art experiences that develop the child’s individual expression.</li>
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The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts Into the Early Childhood Curriculum (Early Childhood Education Series)

Johnson, Margaret H.

Mitchell, Sharon T.

The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children's artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals to present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children's art, including some in full color.

The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts into the Early Childhood Curriculum (Early Childhood Education Series)

Teachers College Pr

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