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Big Science for Little Hands
Marvelous Moving Things: Early Childhood Science In Motion

Marvelous Moving Things: Early Childhood Science In Motion

978-1-883822-53-8

  • 22 hands-on activities with common, everyday toys that become important scientific tools for observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, and measuring
  • Based on the four phases of the learning cycle: awareness, exploration, inquiry, and application
  • Cross-curricular activities link science to literature, writing, art, and safety
  • Information for teachers on early childhood process skills, learning cycles, and inquiry-based science
  • Ages 3–8
 
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Big Science for Little Hands Features:

  • Provides the foundation for a lifetime of science learning both in and out of school
  • Helps young children develop developmentally-appropriate process skills such as observing, communicating, comparing, measuring, and organizing
  • Provides experiences with materials and events from childrens’ everyday world
  • Reinforces prior knowledge and offers new information to build upon that knowledge