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Early childhood science education at conferences
When a conference has plenty of sessions about science and engineering learning in early childhood—so many that each time slot has 2 or more ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Local nature experiences help children relate to other environments
My side of the street is shaded for hours longer than the opposite side which gets full sun for more than 6 hours a day, even in winter. The differenc...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Myths about Science, with an early childhood focus
The National Science Teachers Association website has a section for families titled, “Help Your Child Explore Science.” Here’s my adaptatio...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Digital Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom: When is a child ready?
Guest blogger Carrie Lynne Draper shares resources and discusses the use of digital technology in early childhood programs....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Tinkering: How open-ended should it be in early childhood?
The easy answer to this question is “it depends.” It depends on the reason for providing the experience and the particular materials for young chi...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning
Choosing resources for early childhood science learning that are scientifically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and reference research about le...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Engineering in Early Childhood: Learning from conference sessions
One of the conference sessions on engineering I attended at NAEYC quoted children in the title: “Don’t Call Us Kinders, We’re Engineers!” ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Math is integral to early childhood STEM learning
July has brought my happy place (where the worlds of early childhood educat...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Early Childhood and Lower Elementary Teachers Need to Attend the 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo
Come join us at the 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo. It is the event where early childhood and lower elementary teachers need to be. It is a unique e...
By Korei Martin
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When early childhood educators conference & talk about science education
The National Science Teachers Association’s annual conference brings educators from many places in the world together to build their science teachin...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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The Early Childhood STEM Institute
Guest blogger Cindy Hoisington is a Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate with Education Development Center. Hoisington believes that authe...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Positive environments: Early childhood education conferences
Two early childhood conferences I attended this month, a national conference and a local regional conference, were awash with sessions on science, STE...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Investigating water with Early Childhood educators
“At what age can a child begin science learning?” asked one participant at an early childhood education workshop on investigating the properties o...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Wooden unit blocks and representing their use in early childhood education
Working with and reading about the work of other educators is inspiring. While observing or mentoring in different programs I am given an education an...
By Peggy Ashbrook