IELDS Standard: 12.B.ECb
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Teaching and Learning about Insects
These resources provide information for early childhood educators who want to help children investigate insects.
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Appreciating the Natural World with Young Children
This resource list contains sources which can aid teachers and caregivers in helping young children appreciate the natural world.
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The Horse Project
Darby Harden and Tasha VerdeyenProto-Tykes Childcare CenterSullivan, Illinois Proto-Tykes Childcare Center provides high-quality full-day educational programs for infants and toddlers, 6 weeks to 3 years of age, and preschool-age children, 3 to 5 years old, in mixed-age classrooms. The center was founded in 1989 by a local company to provide on-site child care for its…
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Getting to Know Rabbits
These supervised interactions between children and rabbits occurred during a science fair on the playground of a child care center.
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Natural Illinois: Birds
Illinois is home to a wide variety of birds that are as close as your backyard, local park, or schoolyard.
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Science Lesson Addressing Benchmark 12.B.ECb
Ms. Jones and Ms. Hernández have had a chance to reflect on the nature collections they have carried out with their classroom. They have noticed the children were very excited to collect many items from the ground. However, the children were so eager to find a variety of items that they began to pull branches,…