I just wanted to pitch in and give my support to Nancy Dammann's
recommendations. I have been teaching preschool in a school with a strongly
nature-based curriculum during the school year (when I am not doing
seasonal field projects) for the past several years, and I can say that for
that age grou
People have come up with neat ideas for working with pre-schoolers. I did want
to note that there are existing curricula (ums?)that have been tested and
developed for different grade levels that probably have figured out various
pitfalls and can save planning effort, or at least provide some ext
As someone who is new to environmental education (pre-school to middle
school) this has been extremely helpful, and I would love to hear what
others have to say.
My two cents is to divert their attention from individual goals (we picked
radishes and each kid wanted to have the BIGGEST radish - it
Hi,
A couple of brief thoughts:
Enthusiasm and getting kids to notice and observe and then remember seem to
be the keys in many successful programs.
Getting them to use their physical bodies is also very helpful-- move the
way an animal moves, or have them stand in different arrangements to
underst
I used to do extension type teaching at an aquarium.
At five years some students know a little more than you expect, but others
will understand little.
It is usually best to emphasize very very basic stuff.
For example, collecting leaves off the ground, then placing the leaves
behind a piece of pa
Dear friends, I am a University teacher and education coordinator in Brasil and our Departament is testing a new Biology curriculum with courses like teaching ecology, botany, zoology, microbiology. The idea is to develop methods to teach these areas in public secondary schools but now I was invite
