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  • Learning Environments
  • Professional Development

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  • Scientific Reasoning (13)
  • STEAM (6)
  • Mathematics Development (2)
  • AIAN (2)
  • Cognition (1)
  • Early learning outcomes (1)
  • Nature-based learning (1)
  • Practice-Based Coaching (1)
  • Outdoor play (1)

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  • Directors and Managers (1)
  • Technical Assistance Providers (1)

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  • Video (8)
  • Article (4)
  • Podcasts (2)

Age Group

  • Preschoolers (3)
  • Infants and Toddlers (2)

Program Type

  • Head Start (2)
  • Early Head Start (1)
  • American Indian and Alaskan Native (1)

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  • Teacher Time (2)
  • News You Can Use (1)
  • Coaching Corner Series (1)
  • Understanding the ELOF: Stories from Experts (1)
  • Research on the GO Podcasts (1)

Topic

  • School Readiness
  • Teaching Practices
  • Learning Environments
  • Professional Development

Tag

  • Scientific Reasoning (13)
  • STEAM (6)
  • Mathematics Development (2)
  • AIAN (2)
  • Cognition (1)
  • Early learning outcomes (1)
  • Nature-based learning (1)
  • Practice-Based Coaching (1)
  • Outdoor play (1)

Audience

  • Teachers and Caregivers (3)
  • Directors and Managers (1)
  • Technical Assistance Providers (1)

Program Options

Type

  • Video (8)
  • Article (4)
  • Podcasts (2)

Age Group

  • Preschoolers (3)
  • Infants and Toddlers (2)

Program Type

  • Head Start (2)
  • Early Head Start (1)
  • American Indian and Alaskan Native (1)

Series

  • Teacher Time (2)
  • News You Can Use (1)
  • Coaching Corner Series (1)
  • Understanding the ELOF: Stories from Experts (1)
  • Research on the GO Podcasts (1)
Scientific Reasoning

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.

Exploring Science with Infants and Toddlers

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.

Infant/Toddler STEAM Series

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.

Preschool STEAM Series

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.

Exploring Science with Preschoolers

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.

Research on the Go: “S” in STEAM

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.

STEAM

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.

Daryl Greenfield: Encouraging Our Youngest Scientists at Work

Hear from Daryl Greenfield as he talks about the ELOF and how cognition for infants and toddlers develops into scientific reasoning for preschoolers.

Marvelous Explorations Through Science and Stories (MESS)

Discover ideas for learning science involving families in children's activities at home and other settings.

News You Can Use: Early Science Learning for Infants and Toddlers

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.

Full STEAM Ahead: Using Practice-Based Coaching to Support the Teaching of Science

Learn about ways that coaches help teachers around the teaching of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

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