These resources support children in developing knowledge about the natural and physical worlds, scientific skills and methods, and reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Scientific reasoning is a preschooler subdomain of the cognition central domain in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Other ELOF domains include approaches to learning; social and emotional development; language and literacy; and perceptual, motor, and physical development.
In this Teacher Time episode, explore how infants and toddlers use the scientific method to figure out how the world works. Discover strategies and teaching practices that help all children explore science concepts.
Explore ways to support STEAM learning for infants and toddlers. In each episode, find an overview of the STEM component and tips for using art to help children explore concepts and skills.
Discover strategies to support STEAM learning for preschoolers. In each episode, there's an overview of the STEM component and tips for using art to help children explore concepts and skills.
Explore how preschoolers use the scientific method to figure out how the world works. Learn about strategies and teaching practices that help all children explore science concepts.
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) is for everyone! Find out how to help programs recognize and facilitate opportunities for science learning with young children.
Learn how children birth to 5 naturally engage in inquiry, reasoning, and problem-solving every day. Explore ways to help develop children’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) skills.
Hear from Daryl Greenfield as he talks about the ELOF and how cognition for infants and toddlers develops into scientific reasoning for preschoolers.
Discover ideas for learning science involving families in children's activities at home and other settings.
Infants and toddlers are natural scientists. They are curious and they love to explore and learn. Adults can help infants and toddlers find answers to their questions and discover more about things that interest them. In this News You Can Use, we discuss ways teachers, home visitors, family child care providers, and families can be more intentional in how they support young children’s early science learning—and school readiness.
Learn about ways that coaches help teachers around the teaching of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math.