Exploring Water with Young Children
Water is all around us. In our oceans and rivers and in the pipes in our houses and schools, water—in one way or another—is a part of our everyday lives.
Exploring Water with Young Children guides children's explorations to deepen their understanding of liquids and the properties of water. This curriculum also supports the development of basic science skills, such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories, all aimed at helping children:
- Engage with concepts related to water's flow, appearance, and effect on objects
- Explore water using a variety of materials at the classroom water table and water center
- Develop scientific dispositions, including eagerness to learn, curiosity, and interest in the exploration of the world around them
The Young Scientist Series gives you all the tools you'll need to do serious science in the preschool classroom, including instructional guidelines, lists of materials and books, sample and reproducible charts and forms, and many helpful hints. Subject areas in this curriculum also correlate to the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework.
Exploring Water with Young Children
This nationally field-tested curriculum focuses children's
explorations to help deepen their understanding of water and
its properties—including concepts related to water's
flow, appearance, and effect on objects.
Exploring Water with Young Children, Trainer's Guide
This indispensable handbook for trainers and administrators introduces staff to the Exploring Water with Young Children curriculum—from planning to implementation. Seven basic and eight advanced workshops develop staff members understanding of science and inquiry teaching skills. The guide includes strategies for supporting teachers over time through mentoring and guided discussions, as well as charts, forms, and reproducible overheads for extended study, and reflection.
Exploring Water with Young Children, Training Video
The full-color video presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action for observation, reflection, and discussion. The trainer's guide includes both basic and advanced workshops that guide teachers through the curriculum.
Download a PDF version of a sample section of Exploring Water
The curriculum is available from Redleaf Press:
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