Authors: Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth, Education Development Center, Inc.
Product Code: 407001
ISBN: 978-192961038-9

Let's do real science! Discovering Nature with Young Children is an inquiry-based curriculum that builds on children's natural curiosity about the living world.

The curriculum guide helps you prepare yourself and and your classroom for a new approach to science learning. It then assists you in planning open and focused explorations, ranging from indoor terraria to outdoor animal searches and habitat discussions. You will also learn how to better observe, assess, and document the children's learning.

Authors: Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth, Education Development Center, Inc.
Product Code: 406901
ISBN: 978-192961039-6

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This indispensable guide helps trainers and administrators introduce teaching staff to the complete Discovering Nature with Young Children curriculum—from planning to implementation. It features an introduction to scientific reasoning for adults, workshops to prepare teachers to use the curriculum, and strategies for supporting teachers through mentoring and guided discussions. The guide also includes detailed charts, forms and reproducible overheads for extended study and reflection.

232 pages

Authors: Karen Worth, Ingrid Chalufour, Education Development Center, Inc.
Product Code: 409001
ISBN: 978-1-929610-40-2

This comprehensive trainer's set provides an in-depth look—and visual tour—of the complete Discovering Nature with Young Children curriculum. The trainer's guide takes trainers through the curriculum step-by-step with discussion plans, sample charts and forms, and extensive resource suggestions. The full-color trainer's video contains eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in use in the classroom.