Provoking Curiosity: Student-Led Steam Learning for Pre-K to Third Grade - Softcover

Eckhoff, Angela

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-Early Childhood Education and 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 from NAEYC. Dr. Eckhoff studies the role of creativity in child development and learning, arts-based research and pedagogical practices, and early STEAM learning in both classroom and museum settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876598475
• ISBN 13: 9780876598474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112