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
My plans are PACKED with spooky STEM over the next 3 week! How about you?!
🎃THIS WEEK - Slime
🎃NEXT WEEK - Bonaparte Falls Apart, Catapults, and The Scarecrow (posting this weekend!)
🎃WEEK OF HALLOWEEN - Creepy Carrots, Room
on the Broom, and Candy Towers!
teachoutsidethebox.com/2019/10/7-spooky-stem-challenges-for-halloween/
This Room on the Broom Storybook STEM
challenge is a wonderful way to explore balance! (Found in October pack)
Our Fall Break has been filled with gorgeous cool weather, lots of sleep-ins, football, and the company of great friends! 🍁🍂💗We’re sad to see it end already but are going into the week feeling relaxed and refreshed. I hope you’ve gotten a chance to relax with your loved ones this weekend too!! I’m working on all the October prep and pulling out our fall STEM Bins task cards to give my kids some new challenges! #stem #stembins #teachoutsidethebox #fallbreak #sundayfunday
Ooey Gooey Slime, October, and Ada Twist go together oh-so-perfectly! 🙌🏼 I always save this challenge for my firsties and we’ve got it in the plans for next week! 💙👩🏽🔬👨🏾🔬(October Storybook STEM) #stem #storybookstem #teachoutsidethebox #adatwistscientist #science #madscientist #iteachfirst bit.ly/storybookstemoctober
