Chances are, you feel you could be doing even better. In this collection of engaging and thoughtful articles, the authors describe fresh, effective ideas for early childhood science.

Spotlight on young children and science includes chapters on:

• using photographs to support children's science inquiry
• documenting early science learning
• entries from a staff developer's journal
• raising butterflies from your own garden
• reflecting, discussing, exploring: Questions and follow-up activities.

Spotlight on young children and science will assist early childhood educators to think carefully about the what and the how in a first-rate science program.

Published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (US), this volume is part of the organisation's best-selling Spotlight Series - great resources for the classroom and for staff development.