Children and animals

Abstract

The article reports on the speech the author gave at the conference 'Teaching Science. Imagining the invisible'. Experiences and investigations into the animal world conducted in pre-schools are described, from which the children's way of participating and reasoning emerges children. It is evident that when s working with and about animals in pre-school, the teacher is a powerful model of how to approach them, what to look for and watch for, how to care for them.