Have you always wanted to incorporate math and science into your library programming and resources? What's the BIG Idea?™ will help you make math and science connections to the programs you're already doing with young children and their families. It will help you bring science and mathematics content, skills and processes to almost any interaction you have with them.
With What's the BIG Idea?™ you will:
- Increase the number of children attending your programs
- Get children excited about math and science
- Use hands-on activities to make books come alive
- Meet national and local education standards
- Have fun!
Children learn math and science by doing math and science. They need to ask questions, have discussions, explore using a variety of materials, collect data and talk about what they're doing. Picture books are a powerful tool to help introduce children to math and science. Make your story hours come alive with math and science activities for young children and their families.
A What’s the Big Idea? workshop will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on Thursday, February 25th at the Hershey Library. Directions can be found on their website, www.hersheylibrary.org. Library staff members should register by February 19 if you are planning to attend, so that the appropriate number of take-home materials can be ordered.
Here is the agenda, in brief:
- What IS the Big Idea and how it relates to state standards
- Fun graphing activity (we promise!)
- Real life experiences of using What’s the Big Idea in a local library
- Hands-on exploration of program materials with a special focus on Make a Splash! Summer theme
- How to plan What’s the Big Idea programs, including hands-on planning time
- Conclusion & evaluation
You will earn 3 hours of continuing education credits for attending. If you have any questions, visit http://www.mothergooseprograms.org to find out more about the What’s the Big Idea? program.
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