About Early Science

Communicating Discoveries

What is Early Science?
Children’s Scientific Thinking
Communicating Discoveries
Early Science Experiences

A critical part of early science education is learning to communicate the results of the experiment. Drawing a picture, writing, or dictating results are just some examples of how babies and young children learn to communicate what they have experienced. From a simple game of “peek-a-boo” or “I Spy” to careful observation with a magnifying glass, the ability to look and see things, then look again to see what might have been missed, is an important process of exploration and discovery.

Learning how things happen (“cause and effect”), guessing, estimating, and measuring are all important parts of science. Children’s natural curiosity drives them to find out why something happens the way it does, to investigate a situation, to examine the results of an activity, to answer the questions they have. Our interests and questions help them focus and extend their thinking and develop the language skills to communicate.