How Do Young Children Learn Science?
- All children participate in different ways.
- Activities can be differentiated
- Science is for everyone, not just a few groups of students
2. Science connects to real life.
- Draws from children’s experiences.
- Explored directly by children.
- Explored deeply over time.
- Expectations are tailored to individuals.
- All children learn at different speeds.
- Realistic expectations for 3 to 5-year-olds.
- Made developmentally appropriate for each child.
- Children work together.
- Children learn from each other.
- Children help explain and teach at times.
- Children observe each other.
- The teacher is focused.
- Teachers take on specific roles including:
- observing
- parallel play
- facilitating learning from each other
- Teachers take active and supportive roles, but help students learn from each other instead of telling kids how to do it.
- Teachers take on specific roles including: