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Science-and-early childhood, at the NAEYC 2012 annual conference
Did I meet you at the NAEYC 2012 conference in Atlanta this month? I met many early childhood educators who are interested in some of the same questio...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Promote and participate in early childhood science inquiry professional development
Share Your Expertise: Be Part of the National Conversation on STEM! Don’t miss a chance to participate in the NSTA 2013 STEM Forum & Expo, i...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Nature experiences and empathy—see the March issues of journals for early childhood educators
Both the NSTA journal Science and Children, and the NAEYC journal Youn...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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When early childhood activities integrate math, science and engineering
Sometimes activities engage children in overlappings mathematics, science, and engineering learning....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Involving families in early childhood science education
An elementary school PTA veteran observed to me, “If you want families to come to school, serve food or have their child take part in a performance....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Early childhood teachers respond to request for resources on Earth and Life Science
Children observe and document seasonal changes as they begin to learn how living organisms respond to their environment....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NAEYC Early Childhood Science Interest Forum
The National Association for the Education of Young Children 2011 national conference takes place next week in Orlando....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Graphing in early childhood classrooms
The two comments on an earlier post on Collecting Data were about graphing in early childhood classrooms. My curiosity got the better of me so I in...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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In my early childhood experiences in a small creek below our house where neighborhood children waded and built dams, I learned many science and engine...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Join NSTA and find an early childhood science community
Dear Early Childhood Teacher (of science and everything else) and teacher educators: We invite you to join NSTA! The National Science Teachers Assoc...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Conference sessions of great interest to early childhood teachers
The March 10-13, 2011 National Science Teachers Association’s national conference in San Francisco promises many good sessions for early childhood ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Importance of teaching science in early childhood promoted by NSTA President Alan McCormack
For any who did not get a chance to read the wonderfully supportive statement by the National Science Teachers Associatio...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Data collection in early childhood
The January 2011 issue of Science and Children focuses on collecting data. In the Early Years column I wrote that “Young children collect data ever...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Join in forming a Science Interest Forum for early childhood educators
Dear early childhood educators and researchers, We’re writing to invite you to join us in applying to NAEYC to form an Early Childhood Science Inter...
By Peggy Ashbrook