Early Learning Project
April 2010 Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Classroom Sallee BenekeSallee Beneke has been a resource specialist for STARnet, kindergarten teacher, lab school director, college instructor, master teacher, prekindergarten at-risk teacher, early childhood special education teacher, and child care center director. Sallee is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences, and she has authored or coauthored books and articles on science and oral language development, the Project Approach, documentation of children’s learning, and calendar time in early childhood classrooms. She is currently a doctoral candidate in early childhood special education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will join the faculty of St. Ambrose University to teach early childhood science and math in fall 2010. Sallee can be contacted at sbeneke2@gmail.com.
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