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This book explores the science inherent in good early years practice and provides a rich range of ideas to inspire you to 'have a go' in your setting.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Is Science important in the Early Years?
by Lois Kelly Chapter 2: Developing Budding Scientists
by Kathleen Orlandi Chapter 3: The role of talk and developing scientific language in the Early Years
by Babs Anderson Chapter 4: Starting Points to Inspire Science in the Early Years
by Linda Atherton Chapter 5: How can Continuous Provision inspire Early Years Science?
by Faith Fletcher and Di Stead Chapter 6: Inspiring Early Years Science through Role Play
by Jessica Baines Holmes Chapter 7: Exploring toys and other resources to inspire science in the early years
by Kathy Schofield and Lois Kelly Chapter 8: Using Technology to Inspire Science in Early Years
by Eleanor Hoskins Chapter 9: Planning Early Years Science Experiences
by Di Stead
About the author
Lois Kelly is a teacher educator and education consultant and has international experience. She worked in teacher education for over ten years, where she was curriculum coordinator for Primary Science on BA(QTS) and PGCE courses and developed science modules for students on Early Years courses. She has worked at Liverpool Hope University, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Chester.Before that she taught across the primary age range. She is a member of the Primary Committee of the Association for Science Education and has presented workshops at ASE. She is a hub leader for the Primary Science Quality Mark.
Di Stead is an educational consultant, working with primary teachers and their schools. She has provided science in-service training from the north of England to India. She worked for 2 decades in higher education, at Liverpool Hope University for over 17 years and before that at Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln and latterly at University of Chester. She learned the importance of including science in an early years curriculum through providing support for students on placement in Early Years settings and teaching on both the undergraduate and postgraduate ITT courses. She learned her craft, teaching in a primary school in the east end of Sheffield for 14 years.
