Steam Concepts for Infants and Toddlers

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-60554-554-7
Verlag: Redleaf Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 214 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

STEAM is a development and extension of the original STEM efforts with the goal to support innate creativity and innovation that all children possess. This book serves as a platform for educators to observe and facilitate infants' and toddlers' natural curiosities around STEAM concepts. The text discusses tangible, rich STEAM learning environments for children from birth through age two and introduces where this learning can go next as children transition into the preschool years.

*2018 Foreword Reviews Indies Finalist in the Education category.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baumgart, Nichole A

Kroll, Linda R

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Über Autor(innen)

Nichole A. Baumgart is an educator at Bing's Nursery School at Stanford University and a professor at Pacific Oaks College. She is a consultant in the early childhood field and a mentor for student teachers in their practice. She has over 14 years of experience educating children in early intervention and transitional kindergarten and in multiple laboratory and early childhood classroom settings across the nation.

Linda R. Kroll is a Holland professor of early childhood education in the School of Education at Mills College. Her expertise is in human development, children's learning of literacy and mathematics, teacher research and teacher inquiry, and self-study of teacher education practices.