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Making and tinkering with STEM solving design challenges with young children

Can you build a sturdy house that is safe from the big, bad wolf? Imagine your dream car. What special features does it have? What can you use to create it? Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more accessible than ever before! Children will be i...

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Main Author: Heroman, Cate (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children, [2017]
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Early childhood education.
Science > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > Activity programs.
Technology > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > Activity programs.
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With a strong emphasis on STEM, these challenges enable children to apply skills in math and science in a way that is meaningful and engaging. They provide opportunities for using and strengthening important executive function skills, such as planning, focusing attention, organizing information, persisting, thinking flexibly, and solving problems. Taken together, these skills are important in school and in life. Implementing these challenges helps prepare children to solve the problems of the future. Excerpted from Making and Tinkering with STEM: Solving Design Challenges with Young Children by Cate Heroman All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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