Gryphon House Provoking Curiosity: Student-Led STEAM Learning for Pre-K to Third Grade - Softcover

Angela; Ph.D. Eckhoff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876598475 ISBN 13: 9780876598474

Publisher: Gryphon House, 2020

Synopsis

Sure, you know that children learn best through hands-on explorations. How does that work in a real classroom? With jam-packed days and mounting expectations, you're pressed for time and pushed to follow standards-based curricula. It's no wonder you struggle to incorporate STEAM activities each day.

Provoking Curiosity brings new and easy-to-execute STEAM learning experiences that encourage children to think, explore, and wonder. Each exploration builds on core ideas in the STEAM disciplines, develops higher-level thinking skills, and uses readily available materials in early childhood classrooms.

Learn how to use STEAM provocations throughout your busy day:

• Jump-start the morning
• Decompress and reenergize midday
• Occupy children who complete assigned classroom work early
• Incentivize children to complete a goal
• Transition between the busier times of day and planning classroom work times
• End the day building children's collaboration and communication skills

About this title

About the Author

Angela Eckhoff, PhD, is an associate professor of Teaching and Learning and the Director of the Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center at Old Dominion University. She holds a dual PhD from the University of Colorado - Boulder in Educational Psychology and Cognitive Science. She is a coeditor of the Full Steam Ahead column for Teaching Young Children, published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and is the author of the STEAM Creative Investigations series published by Gryphon House.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876598475
• ISBN 13: 9780876598474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108