Overview
This is a fun-filled collection of easy-to-do activities that will encourage children's curiosity and sense of wonder. Children are natural scientists, drawn to wonder, exploration, discovery, and analysis. Science: Not Just for Scientists! gives you simple ideas to open up the world of discovery to young children. Through open-ended explorations, you will discover how to cultivate children's natural curiosity by asking simple questions: How? When? Where? And the most famous of all children's questions: Why? The hands-on activities will empower children to question, experiment, and develop abstract reasoning skills. Children will explore patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, change and growth, energy, and how things work. Easy to follow, step-by-step activities lead children and their caregivers through a new world of discovery.
Full Product Details
Author: Leonisa Ardizzone
Publisher: Gryphon House,U.S.
Imprint: Gryphon House,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.259kg
ISBN: 9780876594841
ISBN 10: 0876594844
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 April 2015
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This exciting, entertaining, and oh-so-effective book makes it easy for parents and educators to nurture the budding scientists that all children harbor within. With science and technology permeating our lives as never before, preparing children for a successful future is essential. The hands-on activities presented in this book encourage and empower children to question and experiment as they move through life. Each chapter is a treat to be savored and digested, and includes several easy-to-follow activities with clearly stated objectives and methods. Organized around themes from science education, the topics include patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, energy, systems, and more, and each is explored in a simple step-by-step fashion. The book is bursting with color photos and written in an engagingly concise manner that makes it easy for any parent or caregiver to shepherd their children into the world of knowledge and inquiry. - Tillywig Toy Awards
"""This exciting, entertaining, and oh-so-effective book makes it easy for parents and educators to nurture the budding scientists that all children harbor within. With science and technology permeating our lives as never before, preparing children for a successful future is essential. The hands-on activities presented in this book encourage and empower children to question and experiment as they move through life. Each chapter is a treat to be savored and digested, and includes several easy-to-follow activities with clearly stated objectives and methods. Organized around themes from science education, the topics include patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, energy, systems, and more, and each is explored in a simple step-by-step fashion. The book is bursting with color photos and written in an engagingly concise manner that makes it easy for any parent or caregiver to shepherd their children into the world of knowledge and inquiry."" - Tillywig Toy Awards ""I love that this book reinforces what I already do with my kids and gives me new ideas to integrate science into our lives."" --Amy Pessolano, Umbrella Tree Cafe Blog"
Author Information
Leonisa Ardizzone has more than 20 years of experience as a science educator. She currently runs and owns Storefront Science, a science exploration program in New York City.
