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Use our resource library related to science, technology, and engineering in the early years (ages 3-8 years) to help you implement best practices and enhance student engagement and learning. To download a resource, click on its title.

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National Science Teachers Association

  • Publication Type: Websites
  • Content Area: Science for Families, Science Teaching and Learning

Science resources from the National Science Teachers Association: https://www.nsta.org/

Now Read This! Pattern Books

  • Content Area: Science for Families

NSTA Position Statement

  • Publication Type: Reports and Briefs
  • Content Area: Science for Families, Science Teaching and Learning

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). (2014). Early Childhood Science Education: NSTA Position Statement. A position paper on science in the early years from the National Science Teachers Association: https://www.nsta.org/about/positions/earlychildhood.aspx

Peep and the Big Wide World

  • Publication Type: Websites
  • Content Area: Science for Families, Science Teaching and Learning, Science with English Language Learners

The website of the wonderful science-based tv show Peep and the Big Wide World has resources specifically for parents, family child care providers, and classroom teachers.
http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/  (English)
http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/es/  (Spanish)

Powering Up Preschool Science: A Home–School–Community Partnership to Support Science Learning with a Focus on Emergent Multilingual Learners

  • Publication Type: Articles
  • Content Area: Science for Families

Young, J.M., Hoisington, C., Kook, J., & Ramer, M. (2024). Powering Up Preschool Science: A Home–School–Community Partnership to Support Science Learning with a Focus on Emergent Multilingual Learners. Educ. Sci. 14(7), 785, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070785

Science and Literacy: Connecting Science, Language, and Literacy through Books

  • Publication Type: Articles
  • Content Area: Science for Families

Science and Literacy: Connecting Science, Language, and Literacy through Books by Cindy Hoisington and Yazmin Cólon Diaz.

Science professional development for the 21st century

  • Publication Type: Articles
  • Content Area: Science Teaching and Learning

Hoisington, C., & Winokur, J. (2018). Science professional development for the 21st century.  Science and Children 55 (6), 73-79.

STEM in Early Education and Development Conference

  • Publication Type: Articles
  • Content Area: Science for Families, Science Teaching and Learning

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/

STEM Starts Early

  • Publication Type: Reports and Briefs
  • Content Area: Science for Families, Science Teaching and Learning

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.”

Teaching science during the early childhood years

  • Publication Type: Articles
  • Content Area: Science Teaching and Learning

Trundle, K.C. Teaching science during the early childhood years. National Geographic Learning/Cengage. Retrieved from https://ngl.cengage.com/assets/downloads/ngsci_pro0000000028/am_trundle_teach_sci_early_child_scl22-0429a.pdf