Mindes, Gayle. (2005 September). Social Studies in Today’s Early Childhood Curricula.
Teaching social studies in early childhood is more than teaching history; it is guiding students to create their own understanding of good citizenship, values, and ethical issues. Early childhood social studies lessons stem off of what students are familiar with, and build to students understanding and appreciating the social world around them.
Gayle Mindes makes the argument that students need to be exposed to social studies teaching early to better understand the social world they were born into. These early social studies teachings don’t necessarily have to be world history, geography, or informational facts. Mindes belives that early social studies teachers
Teaching social studies in early childhood is more than teaching history; it is guiding students to create their own understanding of good citizenship, values, and ethical issues. Early childhood social studies lessons stem off of what students are familiar with, and build to students understanding and appreciating the social world around them.
Gayle Mindes makes the argument that students need to be exposed to social studies teaching early to better understand the social world they were born into. These early social studies teachings don’t necessarily have to be world history, geography, or informational facts. Mindes belives that early social studies teachers