Building Structures with Young Children

By Karen Worth and Ingrid Chalufour

Book Overview

From playground equipment to skyscrapers, structures have a major role in our lives. The second topic in the Young Scientist series, Building Structures with Young Childrenpresents to teachers explorations that deepen children's understanding of building block structures--including concepts such as gravity, stability, and balance.

Looking at science in a new way, this nationally field-tested curriculum supports the early development of important science-inquiry skills such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories--all aimed at helping children

- Learn to build with a variety of materials.
- Experience how forces such as gravity, compression, and tension affect a structure's stability.
- Understand how the characteristics of materials affect a structure's stability.
- Develop scientific dispositions including curiosity, eagerness to explore, an open mind, and delight in being a builder.

For teachers who want children to do serious science--not just passively experience it-- this resource-rich curriculum gives you all the tools you need. Subject areas in this curriculum correlate to the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework.168 pgs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929610505
• ISBN13: 9781929610501
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great Resource

This is a great resource for early childhood educators - toddlers through kindergarten. School age teachers as well, will find valuable gems to enhance the block play experience in their classroom.