Little Scientists
Little Scientists
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“Kids are born scientists” We hear this often. Young children have a natural tendency to enjoy experiences in nature and the drive to investigate how things work. It follows, therefore, that we should take advantage of this innate curiosity and start channeling their enthusiasm for scientific discovery as early on as possible.
“Kids are born scientists” We hear this often. Young children have a natural tendency to enjoy experiences in nature and the drive to investigate how things work. It follows, therefore, that we should take advantage of this innate curiosity and start channeling their enthusiasm for scientific discovery as early on as possible.
Once we begin to see all the opportunities to learn, the relationship between science and critical thinking skills becomes apparent. Science helps children develop key life skills, including the ability to communicate, remain organized and focused, and even form their own opinions based on observation. Science also helps children develop their senses and overall awareness. However, children need guidance and structure to turn their natural curiosity and activity into something more scientific. They need to practice science—to engage in rich scientific inquiry. Young children need quality science experiences during their early childhood years.
Once we begin to see all the opportunities to learn, the relationship between science and critical thinking skills becomes apparent. Science helps children develop key life skills, including the ability to communicate, remain organized and focused, and even form their own opinions based on observation. Science also helps children develop their senses and overall awareness. However, children need guidance and structure to turn their natural curiosity and activity into something more scientific. They need to practice science—to engage in rich scientific inquiry. Young children need quality science experiences during their early childhood years.
Beginning when children are very young, science helps shape their development in various ways. As they learn to ask questions, make predictions, observe, test, and then communicate their findings, they are developing critical science skills. Their natural curiosity and need to make the world a more predictable place certainly drives them to explore and draw conclusions and theories from their experiences. Children are primed for learning, and what they learn while they’re young can impact their interests later in life.
Beginning when children are very young, science helps shape their development in various ways. As they learn to ask questions, make predictions, observe, test, and then communicate their findings, they are developing critical science skills. Their natural curiosity and need to make the world a more predictable place certainly drives them to explore and draw conclusions and theories from their experiences. Children are primed for learning, and what they learn while they’re young can impact their interests later in life.
Science, directly and indirectly, influences all aspects of everyday life. From the food we eat to the way we get around, science is everywhere. Young children actively engage with their environment to develop fundamental understandings of the phenomena they are observing and experiencing. They also build essential science process skills such as observing, classifying, and sorting. These basic scientific concepts and science process skills begin to develop as early as infancy, with the sophistication of children’s competency developing with age.
Science, directly and indirectly, influences all aspects of everyday life. From the food we eat to the way we get around, science is everywhere. Young children actively engage with their environment to develop fundamental understandings of the phenomena they are observing and experiencing. They also build essential science process skills such as observing, classifying, and sorting. These basic scientific concepts and science process skills begin to develop as early as infancy, with the sophistication of children’s competency developing with age.
Warm Regards,
Warm Regards,
Purva Deosugur
Purva Deosugur
Early Years Coordinator
Early Years Coordinator
RBKIS
RBKIS
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