Suggests methods of teaching young children about the visual arts.

Product Description: Rosemary Althouse applies a new emphasis to the challenge of teaching mathematics to three-, four- and five-year old children. Conceived as a companion volume to Althouse's popular '';Investigating Science With Young Children'', this book outlines over 50 developmentally appropriate and innovative activities for helping young children explore the exciting world of mathematics in ways that are non-threatening, non-coercive and very much hands-on...read more

Product Description: This book outlines 85 lively activities the teacher can use in guiding three-, four-, and five-year-olds in a fruitful exploration of science. The first part of the book presents a theoretical explanation of the process approach advocated by the author; the second, the activities themselves: Exploring Water, Mixing Colors, Caring for Classroom Pets, Setting Objects in Motion, Discovering Seeds, Using Our Bodies in Space, and Working with Wood, to name a few...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Activities employing simple materials introduce key concepts in the biological and physical sciences as they relate to the everyday world of preschoolers. Bibliogs