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Connecting with Kids:
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More about Connecting with Kids

	Ages and Stages of Youth Development This document, provided by the 4-H Club at the University of Missouri, gives information about the emotional and developmental states of children at different ages. It also provides suggestions for the types of activities volunteers can use with each age group.

	Ten Tips for Communicating Astronomy with Kids The document, part of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) journal, provides simple tips to working with children.

	K-12 Physical Science Benchmarks This website part of the AAAS, provides recommended physical science benchmarks by age group.

	How People Learn A book presenting research on how infants learn, the difference in learning between experts and non-experts, and how to create curricula and teaching methods to help children learn most effectively.

	Personal Interpretation Connecting Your Audience to Heritage Resources This book provides a clear and precise way to connect with your audience.

Sharing the Universe is based upon work supported by the Informal Education Division of the National Science Foundation under Grant no DRL-0638873. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Connecting with Kids: More to Explore

Connecting with Kids:
More to Explore