A Web of Learning: Beyond "Itsy Bitsy Spider," Preschool Students Learn Science Content Naturally

Autor/in	Evitt, Marie Faust
Titel	A Web of Learning: Beyond "Itsy Bitsy Spider," Preschool Students Learn Science Content Naturally
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 49 (2011) 1, S.63-67 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Hands on Science; Preschool Education; Science Instruction; Science Activities; Models; Play + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Analogiemodell; Spiel
Abstract	One of the author's biggest challenges as a preschool teacher is helping children in a group see and touch and do. Hands-on explorations are important for everyone, but essential for young children. How can young children do hands-on explorations of spiders and their webs? Teachers do not want children handling all sorts of spiders. They worry about child safety and children unwittingly hurting the spiders. Also, the spiders are so small that it's hard for children to see them, even in a magnifying container. The author solved the problem by suggesting that everyone go spider searching. This article discusses how preschool students learn science content naturally by using hands-on explorations of spiders and their webs. (Contains 2 figures, 5 resources and 2 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10