Getting bigger and being more able to reorganize information a child (6+) shows you that it is ready to use logic and to understand certain processes that are happening. While creating, mixing, making “mess”, they observe and might want to ask you ‘why does this happen’? The picture shows one of my super curious preschoolers making playdough out of flour-water and salt. When baby grows up to toddler (1 to 3) and preschooler (4 to 6) it will be attracted to do things theirselves with the material being offered. ![]() On the picture you see baby girl explore a homemade babypaint (cornstarch, water, food colors). ![]() Babies learn about the world through their senses and use their whole body for that investagation. They want to know WHY certain things happen.Įvery age contributes in its own way of becoming young alchemists.ĭuring the Baby age (0 to 1) a child explores & plays with what is suitable for its age ( click here to see how babies can play). I say that almost all young kids have the fundamental skills of becoming a good scientist! New theoretical ideas and empirical research show that very young children’s learning and thinking are strikingly similar to learning and thinking in science. Young children are always experimenting! If you give your child a cup and a bowl of water, he will fill and pour, push the cup under the surface and watch the water rush in, and investigate why his sleeves get wet when he dips them in.
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