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Farm: animals & a beginning understanding of hereditary
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Figure 1 — Pie chart showing estimated proportions of different groups of organisms on Earth today, by numbers of species. If you were asked to name 10 animals, would an insect be one of them? Many of us, including…
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Counting birds and winter jackets
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The next Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 16-19, 2018! If your students have been observing birds at a bird feeder, or on a walk, they may be interested in participating in a citizen science project to count…
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning that are scientifically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and reference research about learning, requires educators to have time to review resources ourselves…
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Growing a Turnip and Growing Professionally: Resources at every step of the way
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Resources that support early childhood science learning may be ideas or lesson plans for specific investigations by children, or be information for educators about children’s learning progressions, research into how…
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Model-making and engineering in a preK program
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Through visits to other programs, reading books, attending conferences and webinars, and having conversations with colleagues, I continue to learn about teaching young children. In conversation, preschool teacher…
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Engineering in Early Childhood: Learning from conference sessions
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One of the conference sessions on engineering I attended at NAEYC quoted children in the title: “Don’t Call Us Kinders, We’re Engineers!” To introduce an engineering design process to children in kindergarten up…
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Conferences as professional development
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Professional development—learning that will develop our professionalism, make us better teachers, and expand our content knowledge—aims to be delivered at just the right moment with an insight that changes you forever.…
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Resources from previous NSTA conferences
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Have you revisited the sessions from previous NSTA conference to check out the resources posted by presenters? Begin with the 2017 Elementary Extravaganza that has 27 resources listed, both documents and webpages. It…
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Discovery bottles: Learning moments for children and adults
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“Discovery bottles” are one way to allow children to use small objects without putting them in their mouths. These bottles for open-ended exploration can be constructed to relate to many different science concepts and…
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A Tree is Nice—Exploring seasonal changes WHEN the season changes
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In regions where trees drop their leaves in fall, this big change draws children’s attention to the existence of seasonal changes. More subtle changes and incremental changes, such as more or less rain and slowly…
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Spiders and ants and bees, oh wow!
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Are you seeing a lot of spiders this last week in October? Spiders, ants, bees, cockroaches, cicada killers, house centipedes, and roly-polies are among the many small animals children may encounter at home or at school…
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Fall leaves, props for learning
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Poison Ivy By Famartin (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] If you live in an area of the world where leaves change color during Autumn you and the children…
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Figuring out what seeds need to sprout
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Do seeds need soil to sprout? Many people would say yes. Preschool children may know, or at least are able to recite, that plants need “dirt,” water, and sunshine to grow. Left out is plants’ need for air—a…
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Intersection and integration of play and science learning
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I was at a conference proudly wearing my tee shirt that says “Play” when I was given a chance to reflect on what I meant by an esteemed colleague and mentor who asked, “Ah yes, but what kind of play?” My reflection…
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Documenting science investigations in preschool: Solar eclipse and butterfly metamorphosis
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Thank you to the director, Sandra Redmore, and the teachers of Clarendon Child Care Center, Andria Shelton, Barbara Foster, and Sarah Abu-El-Hawa, for sharing their teaching practices and science explorations! Viewing a…
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