Tech Integration in the Content Domains

Readings:

• Knowledgeable and Engaged Young Citizens: Social Studies in Early Childhood

• Powering Up: Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning for Young Engaged Citizens

• Rocking and Rolling. Supporting Curiosity and Inquiry in Early Social Studies

Resources:

• Presentation Notes

• Social Studies Planning Template

• Illinios Early Learning Project: Social Studies

• Teaching Strategies: Hitting the Road With Social Studies

• PBS Kids: You, Me & Community

Readings:

• Small Hands, Big Ideas Article

• Debunking Seven Myths about STEM

• NAEYC STEM and DAP Connections

Resources:

• Presentation Notes

• Note Catcher

• ELDS to Kindergarten Standards Crosswalk

Video:

• Exploring STEM through Play

Readings:

• NAEYC: Four Ways to Use Tablets to Foster Early Math Learning

• Math Apps and Games for Preschool and Kindergarten

• The Best Children's Books for Early Math Learning

• 40 Children's Books that Foster a Love of Math

Resources:

• Presentation Notes

• Math ELDS

• Feast for 10 Read Aloud YouTube

• MoMath Virtual Field Trip

Activities:

• Developmentally Appropiate Math Goals Padlet

• Math Talk IdeaBoard

• Google Reflection Form

Readings:

• Music Learning Supports All Learning

• Music Learning Progression

Resources:

• Presentation Notes

• Supporting Early Music Development - Tech Resources

• Music Development Note Catcher

Videos: 

• Supporting Children's Music Development in Early Childhood Settings

• Creative Movement in Early Childhood Settings

Readings:

•  Science in Early Childhood Classrooms: Content and Process

• VIDEO: Getting Started with Technology 

• VIDEO: Using Technology to Support Research Groups in the Early Childhood Classroom

Resources:

• CT ELDS: What children, birth to five, should know and be able to do

• CT ELDS: Excerpt of Science Standards

•  A Guide to Domains & Strands (ELDS)

•   Wonder Farm

Activities: 

• Jobs that Require Scientific Knowledge Padlet

• CT ELDS Science Progressions Poll

• Peep and the Big Wide World Padlet

• Igniting Scientific Curiosity Using Technology Google Form