Starting Inquiry-based Science in the Early Years: Look, talk, think and do [Paperback]

1. Introduction
2. Observations and Actions- Play. Starting Learning Science
3. Starting science, recording and assessing early investigations
4. Foundation Skills  Shape, Space and Measure
5. Ourselves
6. Living things : Other Animals
7. Other Living Things: Plants and Fungi
8. Push, Pulls and Bounces
9. Changes
10. Outside

Young children are intuitive scientists. This book builds on their inherent curiosity and problem solving as they move forward in their scientific thinking. Science develops from early beginnings and a solid foundation in the early years is essential for their future learning and engagement with the subject. Starting Inquiry Based Science in the Early Years shows you how you can support childrens emerging scientific skills by working with them and scaffolding their inquiries as they experiment, hypothesise and investigate building on their natural curiosity.

Full of practical advice, it offers a wide range of scientific activities that can be carried out in partnership with young children. Each activity presents a challenge for the child to solve by thinking and talking through their ideas and then carrying out their own investigations. This invaluable guide focuses on helping children to follow their own line of inquiry and supporting them in mastering the skills and vocabulary they need in order to do this. Features include:

• An explanation of the key skills children need to acquire and practical ideas for developing these
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