The NAEYC Self-Study Series is a compilation of selected topics related to early childhood education and published in Teaching Young Children. The purpose of the series is to support early childhood educators in refining their practices to develop intentional teaching strategies, foster equitable learning environments, and ground learning experiences for children in developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). You will gain invaluable knowledge, insights, and strategies from some of the leading voices in the field that you can test and try in your own setting. 

For the Fall 2024 Teaching Young Children issue, the self-study article is “Small Hands, Big Ideas: Exploring STEM Through Tinkering, Making, and Engineering.” 

Through this self-study course, you will learn to: 
 

1. Define STEM education. 
2. Identify the fundamentals of tinkering, making, and engineering and their relationship to STEM education. 
3. Plan for and apply strategies that support tinkering, making, and engineering in the learning environment and curriculum. 
4. Make the connections between STEM and DAP. 
5. Identify and implement teaching strategies that foster children’s tinkering, making, and engineering. 

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Modules are for individual use. Contact [email protected] to purchase for multiple participants.