Enlightening Young Engineers
I’ll be 100% honest. Five years ago, the concept of Robotics at the early childhood level scared me to death. Truthfully, the concept of Coding did too. And I’ve always considered myself a pretty “techy” teacher. But not THAT techy, right?! What I very quickly realized is that coding is the future for today’s kids. Currently, there are over 500,000… Read More
*This post was sponsored by Sphero. As a gifted resource coordinator for early childhood students, the opinions are completely my own based on my experiences.* You know it’s gonna be a great day in Mrs. Brown’s class when I’m almost more excited than my students! This week in second grade, we tested out Sphero’s brand new cutting edge Bolt robot,… Read More
*This post was sponsored by Mattel and Tynker. As both a teacher and mother, the opinions are completely my own based on my experience.* Here’s a little known fact about me. As a child, I was absolutely CRAZY for Barbie® dolls. My older sister and I played with them for hours on end, designing elaborate scenes like classrooms and grocery… Read More
I am always looking for ways to inspire and motivate my students, particularly when it comes to making “big changes” in our world. So many of our students are constantly brainstorming, inventing, and problem solving in ways that have great potentials to make our world better. I am so excited to share this AMAZING program that can provide a once… Read More
It’s pretty surreal and humbling when your dream becomes a reality! If you have followed me for awhile, you know that I have always been passionate about elementary engineering, STEM, and the incorporation of purposeful play in the classroom. Since my publishing of STEM Bins® on Teachers Pay Teachers in 2016, I have loved watching them positively impact classrooms all… Read More
A Cook-o-Bot, Homeless Helper, Caring Car, and Cat-o-Tac (helps cats, doesn’t harm them!) are just a few of my second graders’ original inventions! 👷🏻♀️👷🏾♂️👨🏾🔬👩🏽🔬
This STEM challenge is a WONDERFUL way to stretch their creative thinking and discuss “small problems” and “big problems” that we can fix in our world! It also pairs beautifully with the book What Do You Do With an Idea? (August Storybook STEM)
My Kinders created the cutest little pumpkins ever today with STEM Bins! 😍🎃👷🏻♀️👷🏾♂️
The only thing that brings me as much joy as spending my days with kids is spending my days with incredible teachers like these.💗Such an amazing weekend at Teach Your Heart Out Miami sharing my passion for STEM and Makerspaces, meeting sweet teachers, and getting inspired by rockstar presenters. Can’t wait to do it all over again on our Bahamas cruise!! 🚢😎❤️ .
Brand new post on the blog with comparisons of all my favorite bots and simple ways to get started with Robotics at the elementary level! 🤖🤖🤖
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