Thanks, Brian. The video modules live on the PEEP website at http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/...
If an educator chooses to watch the modules on her/his own, that’s simply done and there is a PDF to download, recapping the teaching strategies used. We’ve also incorporated the videos in facilitated trainings — you’ll see a Leader’s Guide for the workshops along with PowerPoints on the same page as the videos.

These new resources just launched 11/14 — we don’t have intel yet from practitioners using the final versions. We do, however, have info from when the resources were piloted with resource and referral agencies that serve family childcare educators. Trainers there were the ones who told us to make the trainings more turnkey (e.g., PowerPoints. Almost all the providers trained rated the individual teaching strategies as helpful, with more than 2/3 rating them very/extremely helpful.

Hi Jessica. We chose four themes to focus on for the teaching videos: Learning Environments, which addresses your comment about how teachers need to intentionally plan learning centers and materials with specific goals in mind; Science Talk, (which you’ve seen); Documentation and Reflection, which urges educators to find ways to capture what the children are doing — in journals, by taking dictation, by filming or taking photographs — so that the investigations can be revisited and reflection and discussion encouraged. The 4th strand is Individualized Instruction, which addresses how to modify activities based on age or learning styles. Each of the six curriculum topics has its own set of these 4 videos. Start here: http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/...

This sounds great! I will check out this weblink.

Right on, Neil — see the above answer to Jessica. Each of the six PEEP curriculum units has its own set of PD videos focusing on 4 themes, one of which is Documentation and Reflection. Having an experience by doing a hands-on activity is important, but even more important is the chance to go back and reflect on what was done.

Thanks, Stephanie. We’re getting the word out to early childhood educators through partnerships with such organizations as Child Care Aware, National Head Start Association, and National Association for Family Child Care. The Peep PD modules also have been presented at conferences and in webinars. We also actively use social media to introduce educators to the resources. In terms of investment, we are careful to ensure the materials required for the science investigations are ones readily available. Books, too, should be available in libraries. See a sample list of materials at http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/...