The holidays are right around the corner, which means for those who give gifts in December, now is the time to start putting together that shopping list. If you have a young person in your life who ...

In the spring of 2017, Theanne Griffith was a new mom on maternity leave with her first baby girl, Violeta. It was hard. Breastfeeding was so much more challenging than Griffith ever expected, and ...

The idea began with Lena Champlin’s community outreach work at the Academy of Natural Sciences. One day, she asked a young girl what she knew about climate change. The child’s caretaker jumped in to ...

Jeanette Canyon, "Rumble, Grumble, Grinding Gears," City Beats, 2005, mixed-media sculpture, polymer clay - Written by S. Kelly Rammell, this book takes the reader on a journey of a city from a pigeon ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Principles for making productive connections include engaging children in ...

The Barbara Bush Library wants to help preschoolers use their inquisitive natures to get a head start on learning math and science. Part of the Mother Goose educational series, the What’s the Big Idea ...

Suggested Citation: "3 The Contextual Nature of Children's Learning." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Science and Engineering in Preschool Through Elementary Grades: ...