Robert Williams is Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University. He is currently acting as lead consultant for the NSF-funded Building Base Line Objectives for Children’s Knowledge and Skills in Science (BLOCKS) program at the University of Texas. The teachers and researchers in BLOCKS are assessing what skills four-year-olds can attain before they enter kindergarten.
Dr. Bob has been conducting workshops and conference sessions related to the BLOCKS program. He has taught in elementary, high school, and junior high school in addition to being a college professor. His past work has also included federal- and state-funded projects in water education. He has traveled extensively and conducted workshops and worked with children throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
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Science for Young ChildrenAuthor(s): Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Rockwell, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
Develop the natural scientist in every child with 260 hands-on science activities and ideas. Build science skills such as classification, measurement, time and space relationships, prediction, inference and numbers.
RRP $38.95
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A Preschool Science CurriculumAuthor(s): Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Rockwell, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
224 hands-on science experiments and ideas with step-by-step instructions delight and amaze children as they experience nature, the human body, electricity, floating and sinking, and more. Children participate in projects such as making a tornado in a jar, creating constellations and growing crystals. Categorized by curriculum areas, each activity includes a list of vocabulary words and easily accessible materials.
RRP $38.95
Preschool Math
Author(s): Debbie Cunningham, Joy Lubawy, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
Preschool Math encourages teachers to listen to and observe young children to better understand how they think about their world. The book uses these prompts to expand into useful and appropriate maths experiences. Teachers will encourage children to use their senses and bodies to explore ideas, record and talk about the concepts, and to learn how maths feels, tastes, and looks. Activities in Preschool Math use the scientific ideals of testing, evaluating, exploring, experimenting, problem solving, making guesses, and forming a hypothesis, while utilizing interesting materials and environments in mathematical ways.
RRP $44.95
Preschool Scientist, The
Using Learning Centres to Discover and Explore ScienceAuthor(s): David Winnet, Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Rockwell, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
The Preschool Scientist gives children the opportunity to actively engage, experiment, create and discover the exciting world of science. Using a unique inquiry-based approach, these activities explore science through learning centres, integrating this important subject into the entire classroom.
RRP $44.95
Science Adventures
Nature Activities for Young ChildrenAuthor(s): Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Rockwell, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
Science Adventures opens up a world of exploration through nature activities in urban, suburban, or rural settings. With over 125 engaging activities, all of which are developmentally appropriate for preschool children, Science Adventures make exploring the environment fun and easy.
RRP $56.95
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