Let’s All Try to Find Out Why: Discovery in Early Childhood

Webinar
ID number
208807178
Date
Time
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Registration
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

This webinar is designed to assist teachers with establishing an engaging, active learning science/nature interest area in the classroom that will spark children’s curiosity.  We will examine how to set up the environment to capture and sustain children’s interest using developmentally appropriate materials and equipment. A teaching process to engage children in activities and expand their explorations over time with documentation will be discussed.  Examples of preschool activities and science books in the areas of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Earth and the Environment will be shared.  This webinar supports ECERS-3 requirements, Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards and appropriate science/nature explorations that encourage discovery all around us!  

Presenter
Jac McBride
Learner objectives
  • Examine classroom environments that invite children to explore and investigate developmentally appropriate science/nature materials.
  • Examine strategies to engage young children in science/nature activities and documentation to sustain their curiosity and expand explorations over time.
  • Investigate activities in the areas of Physical Science, Life Sciences and Earth and Environment Sciences and age appropriate books to promote concepts in the classroom.
  • Clarification of the use of technology in the classroom for exploration and age appropriate investigation.
Intended audience
Administrator, Early Childhood Special and General Educator
Contact hours
1.50
Training topic area
Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Early Science, Learning Environments (Creating and Maintaining)
Gateways to Opportunity content area
Curriculum or Program Design
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