What does the Child Bring?

Bickart
• Children are interested and excited in finding out about the world
• Children naturally seek explanations to the phenomena they encounter

Kilmer
• Children are innately curious about the world

Holt
• Children are curious and eager to explore and discover.
• Children have individual ways of learning
• Children experience phenomena in relation to themselves
• Children experience through all their senses

Chille
• Wonder and puzzlement
• Children are natural scientists, given the opportunity will engage on their own in experimentation and problem solving

Questions

What are some aspects of young children’s thinking that might get in the way of their learning science. How might the teacher effectively deal with these? (e.g. Young children aren’t usually bothered by contradictions, young children’s magical thinking)