Introduction
The K-4 curriculum involves initial training for children and is aimed at educating inquisitive children who seek to discover a new world and gain much new knowledge. Studying in the K-4 program, children explore history, nature, literature, art, and other subjects that will help lay the foundation for future learning. Nevertheless, the school decided that it was worth excluding natural sciences from teaching because of the low scores of elementary school students. This decision should not take place since the study of science since childhood has many advantages.
Discussion
Science will help children form an understanding of how everything happens in our world. Science will also allow younger students to understand the physical and biological aspects of all processes on Earth, which is necessary for their current and future development (Contant et al., 2018). Furthermore, the great advantage of including science in the K-4 program is that children will learn to formulate questions correctly as they will have basic knowledge from studying science. Critical thinking is also often formed due to a subject related to the study of science.
Through the study of science and its branches, schoolchildren will be able to learn more about the cycles of life on the planet and study animals and plants. In addition, children will get the necessary knowledge about the planet Earth on which they live and about the cosmos with its other planets. This knowledge is essential and integral precisely so that children who study in primary school already have the basic knowledge that they can develop by moving on to the following stages of education (Contant et al., 2018).
Conclusion
In conclusion, a more intelligent system of teaching science will help improve students’ grades and academic performance and allow them to explore the world around them from the very beginning of school education.
Reference
Contant, T.L., Tweed, A.L., Bass, J.E., & Carin, A. A. (2018). Teaching science through inquiry-based instruction. Pearson.