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Discussion Questions Identify and explain three examples of things toddlers might do that indicate they are assimilating or accommodating new information. Many adults have “math phobia” due to negative experiences with learning mathematics as children. How will you use the information in this chapter to promote enthusiasm and a love for mathematics with young children? […]

Environmental Stewardship Recycling is a concrete activity that develops math and science concepts such as sorting, classifying, and identifying different kinds of materials. It is difficult, however, for children to understand the more abstract concept about how recycling and other kinds of conservation efforts represent responsible environmental stewardship, sustainability, and reducing waste. Therefore it is

Air, Wind, and Weather As children experience the natural elements daily, concepts about air, wind, and weather are very relevant and real to them. Terms that represent concepts young children can learn and use include wind, evaporation, condensation, conditions, cloud, fog, rain, snow, sleet, hail, change, season (spring, summer, fall, winter), and prediction. To explore

Dirt, Earth, and Rocks Concepts and terminology about dirt, earth, and rocks include soil, composition, erosion, hardness, and variety. Children can learn what is in dirt by digging up a square foot of soil, screening it, and examining everything they find. They can collect samples from different areas on the playground or in the neighborhood

Earth Science Children need go no farther than outside the classroom door to encounter earth science. As natural collectors, they love to pick up, examine, collect, and sort rocks. They dig and play in the dirt. They are fascinated by weather, seasonal changes and by clouds, the stars, the sun, and the moon. Children who

The Human Body Young children should certainly begin learning about the human body and can begin acquiring names for its various parts when they are toddlers, while they learn other words. Children can paint or trace their feet and hands and draw outlines of the body, or they can play games that involve the identification

Weight, Force, and Motion Applying force to an object makes it movea concept children employ every day as they push cars or blocks across the floor, draw with a crayon, or pedal a tricycle on the playground. Simple machines such as pulleys, gears, ramps, and levers are endlessly fascinating to children in their efforts to

Solids, Liquids, and Gases Basic concepts related to states of matter appropriate for young children include the following: Liquids assume the shape of their container Solids retain their shape Some solids dissolve in liquid; some do not Water changes form when frozen or boiled Liquids move at different speeds (viscosity) Air is a gas Adding

Light and Shadow Young children are highly intrigued by the interplay of light and shadow and the ways light can be manipulated to achieve different kinds of effects. Young children can understand and use terms such as light, shadow, reflection, filter, rainbow, image, transparent, translucent, and magnify. Concepts that can be acquired by young children

Physical Science Everyday concepts about physical science are acquired as children do such things as paint in the art center, build with magnetic translucent tiles on the light table, see their shadows while running outdoors, or try to push a heavy truck up a wooden ramp in the block center. As they manipulate and observe