Newsletter Article Archive

Welcome to the ScienceStart! Newsletter Article Archives. Each article has been featured in a previous newsletter and is written by Lucia French, PhD. Dr. French is an early childhood specialist focusing on young children’s language and literacy development and their competence in learning science content and skills. Each article focuses on how to support young children’s science learning and/or their language and literacy development.

Please click on the article title to read it in it's entirety.

July 2016: What Does It Mean to Scaffold Children's Learning?

June 2016: Summer Learning

December 2015: Achieving Science Literacy in ScienceStart! Classrooms

October 2015: Movement

September 2015: Improving School Readiness: Emphasizing Language Skills and the Development of a Rich Knowledge-Base

August 2015: Distinguishing Intellectual Activities from Academic Activities

July 2015: Embedding STEM in All Activities, Every Day

June 2015: Quick Recipes Integrating Science and Children's Literature

May 2015: Including Science in Early Childhood Education

April 2015: Children as Ambassadors for Parent Involvement: The Case for a Preschool Lending Library

February 2015: Citizen Science