Exploring Math and Science in Preschool

by Teaching Young Children (Editor)

Overview

Engage Preschoolers in Counting, Comparing, and Discovering Their Way to Learning

What every preschool teacher needs! Filled with practical strategies and useful information on math and science, this book offers:

• Learning center ideas
• Engaging activities
• Practical suggestions that are easy to implement
• Ideas that support the development and learning of every preschooler
• Children’s book recommendations

This excellent resource of engaging learning experiences for preschoolers was developed for you by the editors of Teaching Young Children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938113093
Publisher:	National Association for the Education of Young Children
Publication date:	05/22/2015
Series:	The Preschool Teacher's Library of Playful Practice Set
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)

Read an Excerpt

From materials to activities, puzzles to worms, the content in this book offers practical strategies and engaging visuals to help teachers support preschoolers’ explorations of math and science. Ideas are organized into two sections: math and science. Each section features ideas and activities related to that topic, as well as useful tips so teachers can immediately try these strategies in the classroom. At the end of each section is a checklist to help you review how you and the children use math and science-related learning centers. Through bright drawings, the learning center illustrations showcase innovative ways to design, arrange, and implement best practices. The accompanying text identifies what children do and learn in a particular center, how the center can include children’s families and cultures, tips for setting up the center, and suggestions for stretching your budget.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• MATH
• Discovering Shapes and Space in Preschool
• Discovering Math and Science Concepts Through Unit Blocks
• Math and Manipulatives Learning Center
• A Place for Making Games and Puzzles
• You Can Count on Math
• Books About Counting to 10 and Higher
• Using Children’s Books to Introduce Math
• Preschoolers Getting in Shape
• Everyday Math Manipulatives
• Sorting Activities for Preschoolers
• Developing Math Games Based on Children’s Books
• Math and Manipulatives Learning Center Checklist
• SCIENCE
• Exploring Motion
• Creatures in Your Gardening Curriculum
• Discovering Science Learning Center
• A Place for Studying Our Bodies
• Exploring Trees
• Books About Underwater Life
• Worms to Beans
• Let’s Find Out! Preschoolers as Scientific Explorers
• Ramps and Pathways: Physical Science for Preschoolers
• Ready, Set, Learn! We’re Off to the Moon
• Discovering Science Learning Center Checklist
• CREDITS
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Editorial Reviews

Exploring Math and Science in Preschool takes a familiar preschool activity and shows us how to build on it, describing in detail additional activities and strategies to enhance children’s understanding. The numerous photographs make children’s thinking visible and offer many examples of children engaging in mathematical thinking and science explorations. — Peggy Ashbrook, Preschool Science Teacher, The Early Years Columnist, and blogger for Science and Children

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