Spinning..............

This article has a nice lesson about experimenting with various types of tops. After the students have experimented with the tops for awhile they can tally data such as which top spins long... See More

This article has a nice lesson about experimenting with various types of tops. After the students have experimented with the tops for awhile they can tally data such as which top spins longest, which top spins fastest, etc. Young children can collect meaningful data with adult help!!

Young Children and Movement

Peggy does an excellent job explaining how you can work with complicated concepts at a level young children can understand. She describes how important it is for children to have many opport... See More

Peggy does an excellent job explaining how you can work with complicated concepts at a level young children can understand. She describes how important it is for children to have many opportunities with motion. She also is very careful about using informal language before scientific vocabulary. it does no good to use the correct vocabulary if students have no idea what you or they are talking about.