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Small Wonders: Hands-on Science Activities for Young Children

Publisher: Good Year Books
Author: Peggy K. Perdue
Review last updated: 2009		 Instant KeyPublishers InfoPricing

Small Wonders: Hands-on Science
Activities for Young Children

Small Wonders is terrific for simple, hands-on science activities for young children (K-3). There's nothing too complicated here. Each of the twenty-nine experiments or activities is done with easy to find, inexpensive objects. For example, sugar cubes, food coloring, and hot and cold water are used to find out whether hot or cold water will help sugar dissolve more quickly.

Children learn about topics like floating and sinking, inclined planes, popping corn, and colors and shapes of bubbles. The author includes good observation and thinking questions and comments for teachers to use.

Those of you "into" creative movement will appreciate correlations of science activities with creative movement activities (e.g., acting like sugar molecules in cold water, then hot water). Extension activities at the end of each lesson give you more ideas if you want to challenge a curious child.

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    • Small Wonders: Hands-On Science Activities for Young Children: Grade PreK-1: Teacher Resource (A Good year book)

    Small Wonders: Hands-On Science Activities for Young Children: Grade PreK-1: Teacher Resource (A Good year book)

    Perdue

    Small Wonders : Hands-on Science Activities for Young Children

    Small Wonders : Hands-on Science Activities for Young Children

    Perdue, Peggy

      Instant Key

      • Learning Styles: all
        Suitable for:  group or on-on-one
        Audience:         grades K-3
        Need for parent/teacher instruction:          moderate to high
        Prep time needed:         minimal
        Need for Teacher's Manual:  book serves as manual
        Religious perspective: secular

      Publisher's Info

      • Good Year Books

        PO Box 91858
        Tucson, AZ 85752

        (520) 547-2462
        www.goodyearbooks.com