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Introduction
Children are naturally drawn to science-based activities. Added to the fact that they appeal to their innate curiosity and desire to make sense of the world, the best early years science activities are often hands-on, sometimes messy, and produce exciting and unexpected results.
It is ideal to engage and promote this natural enthusiasm as early on as possible by including science activities in all preschool settings.
Helping to establish a love of science at an early age is beneficial in many ways:
- It fosters the desire to explore and experiment
- It helps develop analytical and critical thinking skills
- It nurtures an understanding of cause and effect, trial and error
- It helps develop an understanding of the world
- It supports the development of communication and collaboration skills
- It expands vocabulary.
