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 childrens thinking that might get in the way of their learning science. How might the teacher effectively deal with these? (e.g. Young children arent usually bothered by contradictions, young childrens magical thinking)