Discovering Nature with Young Children: Trainer’s eBook

Field-tested across the country, this comprehensive curriculum expands and extends the role science has traditionally played in the early childhood classroom. The first in a new series, Discovering Nature with Young Children explores the wide-ranging elements that make up the natural world around us. The curriculum replaces simple fact-feeding practices with the development of long-term scientific reasoning, including literacy skills and numeracy skills, such as hypothesis, inference, prediction, and estimation.

A companion to the curriculum, this trainer’s guide serves as an indispensable handbook for trainers and administrators interested in introducing staff to the curriculum—from planning to implementation. Special sections outline the curriculum and introduce scientific reasoning to adults, and eight workshops detail the complete curriculum for staff members. The guide also includes strategies for supporting teachers over time through mentoring and guided discussions.

Discovering Nature with Young Children: Trainer’s is written by Ingrid Chalufour and published by Redleaf Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Discovering Nature with Young Children: Trainer’s are 9781605543239, 1605543233 and the print ISBNs are 9781929610396, 1929610394. Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource.