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Early Childhood Institute Fall 2018

Early Childhood Institute Fall 2018

Iowa's Early Learning Standards detail the importance of children learning through experiences, with the idea that curiosity and questioning builds opportunities for learning and relationships with others. 

"Children learn from everything they experience, which impacts all areas of development at the same time. The play, learning, communication, and relationships children encounter in their first five years lay the foundation for learning throughout the rest of their lives. When children are exposed to age-appropriate learning experiences, many opportunities for play, and nurturing relationships within family and early care and education settings, they are better prepared for learning and for getting along with others when they enter school."

For this workshop, Early Childhood teachers and paraprofessionals explored stations organized around the areas of Creative Curriculum to explore the concept of force and motion, "What makes things stay still and move." With an added twist, the stations were explored with the "student hat" on. To engage in the stations, participants were provided science notebooks to draw their thinking and the SeeSaw app to explain what and how they think things move at each of the stations. 

Check out the Early Childhood Institute SeeSaw Blog to see the stations in action and our explanations of "What makes things stay still or move?https://blog.seesaw.me/ecinstitute2018

Let's set the stage by looking at the expectations of the Science Early Learning Standards.  

 

Workshop resources

Keystone AEA Technology Integrationist and STEAM extraordinaire Kathy Hay demonstrates the Pancake Bot. Teachers first read the book Pancakes, Pancakes then design a pancake to PRINT. 

Ready to roll! Can you build a ramp to make something roll?

Can you build a tower that stays still? What ways can you use to tell how tall it is?