| Description |
iii, 124 pages : color illustrations, ; 26 cm |
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Contains bibliographic references (pages 109-120) and index. |
| Contents |
The richness of outdoor learning -- The learning life cycle -- The deep thinkers and the child-teacher-land relationship -- Planting the seeds of experiential learning -- Growing the roots of wonder: twenty-first-century skills -- Unearthing STEM in the learning life cycle -- The sun and the rain make the garden grow -- directors, teachers, families, and stakeholders -- Making the outdoor classroom a reality. |
| Summary |
"Dig In: Outdoor STEM Learning with Young Children provides strategies, ideas, real-life examples, and information to help you get children outside and learning, all while meeting required early learning standards and objectives. Explore the Learning Life Cycle and discover fresh ideas for engaging children in deeper explorations and experiences outdoors that will stick with them into kindergarten and beyond. Have more aha moments, seize learning opportunities, invite questions, and investigate answers--while supporting rich STEM learning"-- Back cover. |
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Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Activity programs.
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Technology -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Activity programs.
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Engineering -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Activity programs.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Activity programs.
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Outdoor education.
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| Added Author |
James, Jenny (Educator), author.
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| Added Title |
Outdoor STEM learning with young children |
| ISBN |
9780876599259 (paperback) |
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0876599250 (paperback) |
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