Mrs.Tonya and Ms. Amanda have found a
log that the children are exploring! There is a growing understanding and
recognition of the power of children’s early thinking and learning as well as a
belief that science may be a particularly important domain in early childhood,
serving not only to build a basis for future scientific understanding but also
to build important skills and attitudes for learning. Doing science is a natural and critical part
of children’s early learning. Children’s curiosity about the natural world is a
powerful catalyst for their work and play. With the appropriate guidance, this
natural curiosity and need to make sense of the world become the foundation for
beginning to use skills of inquiry to explore basic phenomena and materials of the
world surrounding children. This early science exploration can be a rich
context in which children can use and develop other important skills, including
working with one another, basic large- and small-motor control, language, and
early mathematical understanding.
