%0 Journal Article
%T When 2-Year-Olds and 3-Year-Olds Think Like Scientists
%A George E. Forman
%J Early Childhood Research & Practice
%D 2011
%I University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
%X In this article, which includes three video clips, the author argues that the small experiments, inventions, strategies, and pauses in young childrenĄ¯s play seen in the clips reveal a legitimate form of scientific thinking. He notes that science and play both represent a frame of mind, an attitude toward the events one observes.
%K Documentation
%K Videos
%K Young Children
%K Early Childhood Education
%K Scienitifc Thinking
%U http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v12n2/forman.html