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Find some type of molding material to be used during the virtual training.  

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Find some type of molding material to be used during the virtual training.  

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Spend a few minutes reading the introductions to math and science in your packet. Underline at least one sentence or phrase that you find meaningful.

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Curriculum that Reflects Children’s Lives

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Curriculum that Reflects Children’s Lives

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Virtual HO Curriculum that Reflects Children's Lives.pdf

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Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 3

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Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 3

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Preschool Curriculum Frameworks, Volume 3

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Preschool Curriculum Frameworks, Volume 3

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Preschool Curriculum Frameworks, Volume 1

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Preschool Curriculum Frameworks, Volume 1

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VIRTUAL Integrated STEM in Early Childhood v1.pdf

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Introductions

CA registry info

Module Content

Define STEM components in an early childhood classroom.

Experience dynamic planning for developmentally appropriate STEM environments and interactions/conversations.

Learn how this approach includes universal design for learning.

Explore how this approach supports dual language learners

Small-Group Discussions in breakout rooms.

Large-Group Debrief with an unmute option.

Next Steps

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Alignment of The CA Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Educational Resources 

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Alignment of The CA Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Educational Resources 

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STEM as an Approach to Early childhood Learning

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STEM as an Approach to Early childhood Learning

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STEM as an Approach to Early Childhood Learning

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STEM Education - The benefits of STEM for preschoolers

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STEM Learning Experiences in Early Childhood

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STEM Learning Experiences in Early Childhood

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STEM Learning Experiences in Early Childhood

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Tapping into preschoolers' natural curiosity helps teachers foster an early interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.

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CA Early Childhood Edcuation Teaching Expectations

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CA Early Childhood Edcuation Teaching Expectations

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Making and Tinkering With STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children

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Learn more about Making and Tinkering with STEM

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Tinkering as a Way to Encourage Deeper STEM Learning

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Tinkering as a Way to Encourage Deeper STEM Learning

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Tinkering is a popular term used in many early learning circles to describe a kind of open-ended learning and play. This article explains the benefits of incorporating tinkering into an early learning classroom to promote STEM learning and offers ideas that you might want to try with the children in your classroom or program.

Defining Tinkering

Rachelle Doorley, educator, author, and founder of TinkerLab, shares her definition of a tinkerer: "one who experiments with materials and ideas to fully understand their capacities, and who further iterates on their learning to find better solutions to current problems. Tinkering is about hands-on experiences, learning from failures, and unstructured time to explore and invent."

There are many definitions of tinkering that float around the world of early childhood education. But, generally speaking, tinkering refers to the kind of open-ended, hands-on, focused exploration of a variety of different materials that often leads to new ideas and discoveries.

An NAEYC article explains, "Children initially use their senses to explore the physical properties of materials. They tinker as they take things apart, put things together, figure out how things work, and attempt to build and make creations using tools."

Tinkering and Early Learning

One of the cornerstones of tinkering is an emphasis on process over product. The end result is less important than the children's experiences. Tinkering often looks like children making and creating new things, or exploring different parts to investigate how they work together.

To enhance the tinkering experience, early childhood educators will want to offer a variety of materials for exploration. Tinkering can be supported by asking children open-ended questions like "I wonder what would happen if...?", by encouraging children to try a variety of approaches, and by reinforcing the satisfaction children can experience when they learn how things work.

For older children, tinkering can be done in a group setting. This offers an opportunity for children to work together and learn important skills in teamwork, problem-solving, collaboration, experimentation, and perseverance.

Tinkering, Making & STEM

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Tinkering as a Way to Encourage Deeper STEM Learning - good2know

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Tinkering is a popular term used in early learning to describe a kind of open-ended learning and play that encourages deeper STEM learning.

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Counting | Number Word Sayer: Foundations | Verbal

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Babies initially focus on one object or person at a time, yet they may at times hold two objects, one in each hand. Eventually, older infants demonstrate an understanding that there are different amounts of things. This then leads to some understanding that numbers represent “how many” and the understanding of words that identify how much.