EEC 4421 - Teaching Math and Science in Early Childhood Education

4 Credit Hours
(Offered as needed)

The focus of this course will be on developing an understanding of how concepts, skills and attitudes in early childhood mathematics and science are developed in young children ages birth through age four. Math topics will include number sense and operations, patterns, geometry, and measurement. Science topics will include scientific inquiry, physical science, life science and earth science. Emphasis will be on the alignment of the Early Learning and Developmental Standards with a developmentally appropriate approach to teaching math and science in the early childhood classroom. This course will require observing and participating in an early childhood classroom.

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