Abstract
All too often the elementary teacher sees science as an almost impossible challenge. To many teachers, science is relatively unimportant - a subject that can be treated superficially without any real damage to the pupil's overall learning. Some teachers say that science is too difficult for them; others claim it requires too much money for schools on a limited budget, and there are other excuses. Nevertheless, teaching science in the very early grades can have many interdisciplinary benefits to that pupil.