Animosh Tracks on the Playground, Minnows in the Sensory Table: Incorporating Cultural Themes to Promote Preschoolers’ Critical Thinking in American Indian Head Start Classrooms

This article presents the advantages of teaching a culturally based curriculum and describes how teachers developed culturally based inquiry units. The authors share sample units???ice fishing and animal tracks???to illustrate the types of activities that can be included in a culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate science investigation. (Description from source)

Language(s):
English

Resource Type(s):
Article

Journal Title: Young Children

Journal Volume: 66

Journal Number: 5

Publisher/Producer: Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Publication Date: Sep-11

Pages: 20-26

Author(s):
Dubosarsky, Mia
Murphy, Barbara
Roehrig, Gillian
Frost, Linda C.
Jones, Jennifer
Carlson, Stephan P.

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