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More Than Magnets: Exploring the Wonders of Science in Preschool and Kindergarten
More Than Magnets Exploring the Wonders of Science in Preschool and Kindergarten Author:Sally Moomaw, Brenda Hieronymus Children are explorers. Early child care providers, educators and parents are all aware of the strong, inherent desire children have to learn how their world works. Many current science curriculum, however, focus on the memorization of facts or the teacher-directed experiments rather than a more hands on technique for children. Parents and te... more »achers are finding a need for new and different ways to stimulate scientific learning in the minds of young children. Created to give parents, child care providers and teachers some alternative methods of offering science to children, More Than Magnets: is filled with more than a hundred activities that make science an interactive experience for children. Each chapter begins by answering the questions commonly asked by teachers and then offering a variety of activities for children to explore. Each of the activities is accompanied by a photograph and detailed explanation of how to set up the activity or construct materials.« less