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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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Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age Eight

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

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (2012). The NAEYC Joint (with the Fred Rogers Center at St. Vincent’s College) Position Statement: Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age Eight.  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PS_technology_WEB2.pdf

The Early Years: Experiencing Inquiry

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

Hoisington, C. and Ashbrook, P. (2017). The Early Years: Experiencing Inquiry, In Science and Children. 55 (01)

The science and mathematics of building structures

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

Chalufour, I., Hoisington, C., Moriarty, R., Winokur, J. and Worth, K. (2004). The science and mathematics of building structures. In Science and Children. 41 (4) Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association.

To Boost Science Learning, Start Early

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

Education Development Center (EDC). (2018). To Boost Science Learning, Start Early. https://www.edc.org/what-parents-talk-about

Tools for physical science inquiry

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

Hoisington, C. and Winokur, J. (2016). Tools for physical science inquiry. Science and Children 53 (5), 24-25.

Tools of science inquiry that support life science investigations

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

Hoisington, C. and Winokur, J. (2015). Tools of science inquiry that support life science investigations. Science and Children 52 (6), 24-25.

Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School

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

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