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Building Early Science Foundations

0.2 CEUs

Understanding the cognitive development of infants and toddlers is crucial for child care providers seeking to nurture early science skills. This intermediate l...

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Science of Reading Foundations in the Pre-K Classroom

0.2 CEUs

Science of Reading Foundations in the Pre-K Classroom helps child care providers understand the early literacy skills children need before they begin convention...

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Basic Science in Early Childhood

Early science instruction is an important component of a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Educators should offer children a variety of opportunities to e...

Tomorrow's Einsteins: Infant and Toddler Science

0.2 CEUs

Infants and Toddlers are naturally curious about their world and how things work. After taking this class, teachers can support children’s curiosity and scien...

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Montessori Cultural Activities: Exploring the World Through Play and Learning

0.3 CEUs

Cultural activities in the Montessori early childhood classroom provide young learners with a rich foundation in geography, history, science, art, music, and so...

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Enhancing STEM Education for Infants and Toddlers

0.2 CEUs

This intermediate level course is designed to equip child care providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to foster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineerin...

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The Science of Growing Up: Typical and Atypical Development

0.6 CEUs

Child care providers play a vital role in supporting children’s healthy growth, making it essential to understand both typical and atypical development. This ...

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Building Vocabulary

0.2 CEUs

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CDA Subject Area 2

1 CEUs

CDA Subject Area 2: Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development This 10-hour course is designed to equip child care providers with the knowled...

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Environments That Inspire Independence and Exploration

0.6 CEUs

This training empowers child care providers with practical strategies to design nurturing, inclusive environments that promote emotional health, independence, a...

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Autumn Texture Detectives: Preschool Texture Matching, Rubbing & Sorting Activities
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Autumn Texture Detectives: Preschool Texture Matching, Rubbing & Sorting Activities

This printable activity pack includes a teacher guide and materials checklist, illustrated texture cards with a matching worksheet, autumn texture-rubbing observation sheets, sorting mats, nature-o... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Art, Curriculum, English, Science · 8 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Bird Migration Activity Pack: Three Printable Science Activities
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Bird Migration Activity Pack: Three Printable Science Activities

Help children explore how some birds move seasonally with this teacher guide for three independent activities, paired with matching printable child activity pages. Children trace routes, sort migra... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Curriculum, English, Fine Motor, Science · 14 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Woodland Food Chains: Printable Activities and Teacher Guide
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Woodland Food Chains: Printable Activities and Teacher Guide

Teach children how energy moves through woodland food chains with this teacher guide and set of activity mats, worksheets, picture cards, and puzzle strips. Children identify feeding relationships ... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Curriculum, English, Science · 13 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Falling Leaves Little Scientists – Fall Nature & Leaf Activities
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Falling Leaves Little Scientists – Fall Nature & Leaf Activities

Turn autumn discoveries into hands-on learning with this 11-page printable Falling Leaves Little Scientists Activity Pack, designed for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, and early elementary learners... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Admin, Art, English, Fine Motor · 11 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Autumn Animal Detective – Habitats, Winter Sorting & Animal Tracks
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Autumn Animal Detective – Habitats, Winter Sorting & Animal Tracks

Turn your classroom into a woodland discovery center with this 14-page printable Autumn Animal Detective Activity Pack, designed for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, and early elementary learners. ... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Art, Curriculum, English, Family · 14 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Apple Tree Life Cycle – Sequencing, Labeling & Maze Activity Pack
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Apple Tree Life Cycle – Sequencing, Labeling & Maze Activity Pack

Explore how an apple grows from a tiny seed into a fruit-bearing tree with this 9-page printable Apple Tree Life Cycle Activity Pack, designed for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary clas... Read more
Four's, Five's · Curriculum, English, Fine Motor, Math · 9 pages
$2.00 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Potion Experiment Cards: Preschool Science Predictions and Color Mixing
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Potion Experiment Cards: Preschool Science Predictions and Color Mixing

These printable potion experiment cards invite children ages 4–6 to predict, observe, and describe real science, beginning with a color-mixing activity using red and yellow water. The card gives ... Read more
Preschool, Four's · English, Halloween, Science · 19 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Woodland Animal Information Cards: How Animals Prepare for Colder Weather
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Woodland Animal Information Cards: How Animals Prepare for Colder Weather

Use these woodland animal information cards to introduce children ages 3–5 to how animals respond as the weather turns colder. Children can observe each animal, match it with its food or seasonal... Read more
Three's, Four's · English, Science · 7 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Fall Weather Symbol Cards for Preschool and Kindergarten
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Fall Weather Symbol Cards for Preschool and Kindergarten

Use these printable weather symbol cards to help children ages 4–6 observe and name fall weather, including sunny, cloudy, rainy, and windy conditions. Children choose the picture that matches wh... Read more
Four's, Kindergarten · Curriculum, English, Science · 17 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Halloween Sensory Observation Mat for Preschool
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Halloween Sensory Observation Mat for Preschool

This printable sensory observation mat helps preschoolers ages 3–5 explore a Halloween object through looking, listening, and optional touching. Children can record a guess by pointing, speaking,... Read more
Preschool, Three's · English, Halloween, Listening, Science · 13 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Think Like a Scientist: Observation & Experiment Recording Sheet
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Think Like a Scientist: Observation & Experiment Recording Sheet

This 3-page printable science worksheet helps students document experiments in an organized way. It includes an introduction and hypothesis section, spaces to record sensory observations, measureme... Read more
School Age, Mixed Ages · English, Science · 3 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Autumn Nature Explorers — Science & STEM Activity Collection
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Autumn Nature Explorers — Science & STEM Activity Collection

Preschool, Three's, Four's · Art, Science, Curriculum, Play · 80 pages

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Forest Floor Recyclers: Decomposers, Sorting & Nature Science Activities
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Forest Floor Recyclers: Decomposers, Sorting & Nature Science Activities

Forest Floor Recyclers: Decomposers, Sorting & Nature Science Activities Discover nature's amazing cleanup crew with Forest Floor Recyclers, an engaging 8-page printable science activity pack fo... Read more
Four's, Five's · English, Environment, Science · 8 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Tiny Creature Classification: Insect & Spider Sorting and Body Parts
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Tiny Creature Classification: Insect & Spider Sorting and Body Parts

Tiny Creature Classification: Insect & Spider Sorting and Body Parts Explore the fascinating world of tiny creatures with Tiny Creature Classification Club, an 11-page printable science activity... Read more
Four's, Five's · English, Math, Science · 11 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Kids Weather Activities
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Kids Weather Activities

Turn weather learning into an interactive classroom adventure! Children can match weather pictures and words, choose weather-appropriate clothing, move their bodies like different types of weather,... Read more
Preschool, Mixed Ages · English, Environment, Fine Motor, Gross Motor · 4 pages
$1.49 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Human Body Parts
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Human Body Parts

Learn the body from head to toe! Children can identify, name, and label familiar body parts while building vocabulary, spelling, observation, and #early writing skills. This easy-to-use resource g... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Curriculum, Developmental Milestones, English, Fine Motor · 4 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Reptile Coloring Activity
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Reptile Coloring Activity

Explore the amazing world of reptiles through coloring! Children can color snakes, turtles, lizards, crocodiles, and other reptile scenes while strengthening pencil control, hand-eye coordination, ... Read more
Preschool, Mixed Ages · Art, English, Environment, Fine Motor · 8 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Raincoat Material Detectives: Waterproof Science & STEM Challenges
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Raincoat Material Detectives: Waterproof Science & STEM Challenges

Explore Waterproof Materials with Rainy-Day STEM Fun! Turn a rainy-day theme into an exciting hands-on science investigation with this 7-page Raincoat Material Detectives Activity Kit, designed ... Read more
Four's, Five's · English, Science · 7 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Fall Garden Scientist: Roots, Stems, Leaves & Flowers Sorting Activity
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Fall Garden Scientist: Roots, Stems, Leaves & Flowers Sorting Activity

Fall Garden Scientist: Roots, Stems, Leaves & Flowers Sorting Activity Explore the science behind the foods we eat with Fall Garden Scientist, a 3-page printable sorting activity for children ag... Read more
Four's, Kindergarten · English, Science · 3 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Witch’s Color Potion Lab: Preschool Color-Mixing Science Activity
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Witch’s Color Potion Lab: Preschool Color-Mixing Science Activity

Invite children ages 3–6 to predict, mix, and observe as red, yellow, and blue water combine into new colors. This printable investigation includes a clear learning goal, materials list, step-by-... Read more
Three's, Four's · English, Halloween, Science · 21 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Tree Ring Detectives: Counting, Coloring & Nature Science Worksheets
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Tree Ring Detectives: Counting, Coloring & Nature Science Worksheets

Discover the Secrets Hidden Inside Tree Rings! Bring nature and early math together with this 6-page Tree Ring Detectives Activity Pack, designed for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementar... Read more
Preschool, School Age · English, Fine Motor, Math, Science · 6 pages
$1.49 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Fungi or Plants? Mushroom & Forest Science Sorting Activity
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Fungi or Plants? Mushroom & Forest Science Sorting Activity

Fungi or Plants? Mushroom & Forest Science Sorting Activity Introduce young learners to the fascinating world of fungi and plants with this 2-page Mushroom Forest Science Sorting Activity! De... Read more
Four's, Five's · English, Science · 2 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Bat Echo Academy: Sound Pattern Matching & Listening Science Activities
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Bat Echo Academy: Sound Pattern Matching & Listening Science Activities

Bat Echo Academy: Sound Pattern Matching & Listening Science Activities Explore the fascinating science of sound with Bat Echo Academy, a 5-page printable activity pack designed for children ages ... Read more
Four's, Five's · English, Listening, Play, Science · 5 pages
Free
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Harvest Moon Mission: Moon Phases Journal & Crater Science Experiment
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Harvest Moon Mission: Moon Phases Journal & Crater Science Experiment

Explore the Wonders of the Moon with Hands-On Science! Bring astronomy and scientific discovery into your classroom with this 10-page Harvest Moon Mission Activity Kit, designed for children age... Read more
Preschool, School Age · Curriculum, English, Math, Science · 10 pages
$2.49 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
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