Try these fun summer activities with young children!

As we move into the hazy days of summer, guide children's play in ways that will help them develop skills that will serve as launching pads for learning. Read More

Curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative teachers

This chapter examines teachers’ curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative thinking and suggests concrete strategies for incorporating, extending, and modeling these higher order thinking skills in classrooms and other early learning environments. Read More

10 Tips for super spatial skills

This infographic provides easy, fun, and effective ways to boost spatial development in your pre-k or kindergarten students. Read More

Give kids problem-solving practice for STEM success

How can you prepare young children for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math learning? Coach them to follow a developmentally appropriate version of the same problem-solving framework engineers use and watch their critical thinking skills flourish. Read More

Introducing observation

View the activity and see how the concept of observation can be taught using an apple. Also included in this activity is a science practices planning grid to ensure that children have the opportunities to use the five science practices. Read More