Full Description
Howard/Charlesworth's MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 9th EDITION, introduces you to engaging math and science experiences for early childhood and early elementary education programs. It provides an organized, sequential approach to creating a developmentally appropriate STEM curriculum. The content aligns with key guidelines and standards, including The National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Professional Standards and Competencies (2020); Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines (2021); Common Core Mathematics Standards; and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This edition also addresses STEM/STEAM and the essential domains of child growth and development during the crucial birth-through-eight age range. A valuable resource for the student/future teacher, working professional or involved parent, this edition emphasizes the interrelatedness of STEM content and how the content can be integrated into all other curriculum areas.
Contents
Part I: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS.
1. Development, Acquisition, Problem Solving, and Assessment.
2. Basics of Science, Technology, and Engineering.
Part II: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS.
3. Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Concepts and Skills: Mathematics—One-to-One Correspondence, Number Sense, Logic/Classification, Comparison, Early Geometry.
4. Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Concepts and Skills: Spatial Sense, Parts and Wholes, and Applications of Fundamental Concepts to Science and Engineering.
5. Pre-K—Kindergarten: Ordering, Measurement, and Data Collection and Analysis.
Part III: INTEGRATING STEAM ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.
6. Integrating the Curriculum.
Part IV: HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPTS AND ACTIVITIES.
7. Transitioning from Preschool to Kindergarten to Primary.
Part V: MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONS FOR THE PRIMARY GRADES.
8. Whole Number Operations, Patterns and Fractions.
9. Place Value, Geometry and Data Analysis, and Measurement.
Part VI: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING FOR THE PRIMARY GRADES.
10. Overview of Primary Science, Life Science, and Physical Science.
11. Earth and Space Sciences, Environmental Awareness, Engineering, Technology and Science Applications.
Part VII: THE STEM ENVIRONMENT.
12. Materials and Resources for supporting STEM in the Classroom and in the Home.
