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Engage children in meaningful STEM experiences with these books, articles, and discussions.

Books that Support STEM

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Making and Tinkering With STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children

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Sample Engineering Design Challenge from Making and Tinkering with STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children

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Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist Approach to Physics With Young Children
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Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist Approach to Physics With Young Children

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Resources for Teachers

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Growing in STEM: STEM Resources and Materials for Engaging Learning Experiences

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The T in STEM: Creating Play-Based Experiences That Support Children’s Learning of Coding and Higher Order Thinking

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Growing in STEM: From Static to Circuits: Inquiry-Based STEM Explorations of Electricity

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Including All Children in Making and Tinkering!

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A young girl draws and takes notes in a forest
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Community-Based Engineering STEM Experiences From a Second Grade Urban Classroom

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Make STEM Social to Motivate Preschoolers

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For Families

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Bathtime Science

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Math in the Bath

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Message in a Backpack™ Making at Home

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Toys as Tools: Everyday Science Experiences

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Support Math Readiness Through Music

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Splish Splash: Science Time Without Spending a Dime

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Most Recent

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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2018

Growing in STEM. The Design Process: Engineering Practices in Preschool

In this article, we explain why engineering practices are an important part of early STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning and share examples of exploring engineering practices.

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Authored by: Jolyn Blank, Stefanie Lynch
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Two boys painting
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2017

Including All Children in Making and Tinkering!

With the open-ended experiences of making and tinkering, you can give a child like this access to a whole world of learning and expression.

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Authored by: Karen Nemeth, Pamela Brillante
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Young Children
November 1, 2017

More Than a Foundation: Young Children Are Capable STEM Learners

The research is clear: when we say children are “born scientists,” we’re not just being cute; they really are active scientists, right now, systematically and intentionally exploring their environments, even from the day they are born.

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Authored by: Elisabeth McClure
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Teacher guiding student with STEM game
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March 31, 2017

Make STEM Social to Motivate Preschoolers

One way to ensure that children get the most out of STEM opportunities is to make each activity as engaging as possible. Our research has looked for ways to help increase children’s motivation for STEM tasks

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Authored by: Dr. Allison Master
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Teacher and preschoolers playing coding games
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2017

Creating Coding Stories and Games

Coding stories and coding games are playful, hands-on ways for children to explore and experiment with early coding.

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Authored by: Deanna Pecaski McLennan
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