Exploring Science with Young Children

A Developmental Perspective

By: Terry Russell, Linda McGuigan

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Paperback | 15 March 2016 | Edition Number 1

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208 Pages

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24.41 x 16.99 x 1.12

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The Association for Science Education Book Award 2016, Finalist.

Science in the early years is about more than developing understanding of key scientific concepts, it is about encouraging imagination, creativity and curiosity and nurturing key scientific skills to form a firm base for learning. Understanding how best to do this for young children aged 3-7 is the focus of the book.

By concentrating on practical and naturally occurring experiences the authors look at meeting the needs of the curriculum with children at the centre of their own learning.

Chapters look at how to work with children to:

Find out and develop their own ideas
Get them inquiring scientifically
Use evidence to support their views

This book will really help develop the whole child across the curriculum and make sure they have the skills they need for later learning.

Industry Reviews

This is a super book which will be useful for practitioners working with children in the Early Years, but also useful for Primary teachers and science co-ordinators looking to develop their understanding of how science can be explored with young children. The text is very accessible; theory is integrated well into the text and fully explained, with ample opportunities throughout for the reader to pause and reflect on what they have read and consider how it relates to their own practice or the practice discussed in the text. The 'Pauses for thought' and 'Reflection' boxes were ideally placed to facilitate this. The photographs and samples of children's work throughout, again provided ideal opportunities for reflection on practice in the early years setting Science has been explored in a holistic manner in the book and I very much liked how the subject is seen as an integral part of the early years classroom and also an essential part of children's development -- Louise Hawxwell, Senior Lecturer in Primary Science,

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