Science-Not Just for Scientists!

Children are natural scientists, drawn to wonder, exploration, discovery, and analysis.ScienceNot Just for Scientists!gives you simple ideas to open up the world of discovery to young children. Through open-ended explorations, you will discover how to cultivate childrens natural curiosity by asking simple questions: How? When? Where? And the most famous of all childrens questions:Why?The hands-on activities will empower children to question, experiment, and develop abstract reasoning skills. Children will explore patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, change and growth, energy, and how things work. Easy to follow, step-by-step activities lead children and their caregivers through a new world of discovery.Its simple and fun to investigate:Patterns in Our NeighborhoodWho Can Live Here?Big, Small, and In BetweenSimple MachinesThe Water CycleEnergy Pathand so much more!