Steam
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics
Setting the Foundation
Science
Technology
Engineering
Arts
Mathematics
Early education for STEAM involves preparing and building a strong foundation for future learning. This is accomplished by exploring STEAM preschool skills and concepts through play and discussion.
In setting up young children’s foundation for STEAM, elements of the topic area are incorporated into the play and discussion.
Play involving investigation and answering questions, or even experimentation lead to the skills eventually needed for Science.
Utilizing crayons, rulers, microsopes and computers lead to skills in Technology.
Identifying problems and testing solutions are an essential part of the Engineering field.
When children are encouraged to be creative and to illustrate concepts they are learning, the are learning about the Arts.
Playing with patterns, shapes and dealing with numbers, organization skills, etc lead to developing skills for Mathematics.
Introducing children to play activities at a young age will introduce children to new skills and concepts that are transferable and useful across many aspects in their live. These skills may form the foundation for future learning. For example, learning to make observations, hypothesizing, and critical thinking are basic skills for math and science which can lead to technology and engineering in later life.
Exploring STEAM in an integrated way through play and discussion may be much more effective than limiting learning to a single subject at certain times of the day. It makes learning new skills and concepts fun and natural.
Maria’s Creative Workshop/ El Rincon de Mayte
A STEAM book that supports 21st-century skills in young children including creativity, and critical thinking skills
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Una aventura fantástica que fomenta el aprendizaje colaborativo y habilidades en ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería, artes y matemáticas … para niños de 2 a 8 años (Spanish Edition)
Book Reviews
“Wonderful children’s book: Definitely recommend this book. My kids, ages 3 & 6 were so inspired to ‘create’ and use their imagination after reading this book. It’s a great story and I loved teaching them the new vocabulary words the book introduced and defined in the back of the book”
Eliana Correa
“Wonderful Story and Illustrations: This book is very well written and is appropriate for several ages. I read the story to my 9-month-old son and he stays engaged looking at the colorful pictures 🙂 I cannot wait to read it in a preschool classroom and engage in conversations to promote their creativity. I appreciate the vocabulary words emphasized to support children’s language development. It is an excellent book for teachers and parents!”
Desiree
“My class loves this book: I am a Head Start teacher and I cannot say enough about this book. The children in my class ask me to read it every day!
I enjoy how it encourages not only their imagination and creativity but helps them to be unafraid of their ideas not working out exactly how they thought. What is important is trying! They can always take it apart, build on it or come up with new ideas.
The book includes wonderful vocabulary, thought-provoking questions and even an extension idea to continue creativity and fun! Our class is implementing our own Creative Workshop! The children are continually using their imaginations and creativity! I highly recommend this book!”
Kristen
“Great book: The book is an inspiration for creativity and persistence. It beautifully illustrates a child’s curiosity taking shape as she makes new discoveries by creating new things around her own space. The book briefly integrates the social-emotional topic when Maria’s mother reminded her to acknowledge her own emotions and do a breathing technique before searching into the dark room. So important for the current times our children are living now!”
Lidia
“A great book for preschool-age children: The illustrations in this book are very eye-catching and detailed. My 4-year-old loved looking at all of the pictures as we read the book. I loved the vocabulary list in the back of the book to help explain the concepts in the book. I love how the book shows that you can use everyday items to help build your imagination. This book is a great introduction to the concept of STEAM and I love the extension activity that is provided in the back of the book.”
Eric
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Maria’s Creative Workshop Book Pictures
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