STEM Starts Early
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. (2017). STEM Starts Early. https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jgcc_stemstartsearly_final.pdf A report on “…grounding science, technology, engineering, and math education in early childhood.”
Early STEM Matters
Early Childhood STEM Working Group at the University of Chicago. (2017). Early STEM Matters http://ecstem.uchicago.edu/
STEM in Early Education and Development Conference
STEM in Early Education and Development Conference: This is a series of articles written by a variety of prominent early childhood science educators collected from a 2010 conference on STEM in early childhood: http://ecrp.illinois.edu/beyond/seed/
Tools for physical science inquiry
Hoisington, C. and Winokur, J. (2016). Tools for physical science inquiry. Science and Children 53 (5), 24-25.
Gimme an “E”!: Seven strategies for supporting the “E” in young children’s STEM learning
Hoisington, C., and Winokur, J. (2015). Gimme an “E”!: Seven strategies for supporting the “E” in young children’s STEM learning. In Science and Children 53 (1).
Tools of science inquiry that support life science investigations
Hoisington, C. and Winokur, J. (2015). Tools of science inquiry that support life science investigations. Science and Children 52 (6), 24-25.
A Walk in the Woods
Hoisington, C., Sableski, N., and DeCosta, I. (2010). A Walk in the Woods. In Science and Children 48 (2)
The Early Years: Experiencing Inquiry
Hoisington, C. and Ashbrook, P. (2017). The Early Years: Experiencing Inquiry, In Science and Children. 55 (01)
Guest Editorial: Addressing Common Questions About 21st-Century Science Teaching
Hoisington, C. (2018). Guest Editorial: Addressing Common Questions About 21st-Century Science Teaching. In Science and Children 56 (1)
Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School
Gopnik, A. 2011. “Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School,” at http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/03/why_preschool_shouldnt_be_like_school.html