Enlightening Young Engineers
Learning by doing. Learning through play. Hands-on learning. We all know that these are the ways young students learn best, right? For decades, early childhood experts have maintained that children learn most effectively through hands-on learning experiences. It’s the same reason why we pull out those math manipulatives and STEM Bins® on a regular basis. And it’s the same reason that… Read More
It’s officially fall, y’all! October is one of my favorite months of the year for so many reasons, but mostly because it lends itself beautifully to so many of my favorite read alouds and Halloween STEM Challenges! Here are some of our newest Storybook STEM lessons that are sure to keep your Kindergartners, First Graders, and Second Graders engaged all… Read More
Are you interested in starting a classroom or school Makerspace OR maybe want to learn more about how Makerspaces work? You’ve come to the right place! I have to admit that this blog post is lonnnnnng overdue because my Makerspace has been ever changing and evolving over the past three years. The “Makers Movement” is gaining more and more traction… Read More
Ever since Katie King and I released our Storybook STEM Units for K-2 last December, upper grade teachers in third, fourth, and fifth grade have been begging us for a similar version with novel studies. Well, we’ve been working our tails off for the past few months, and both happen share a love of all things young adult literature. In… Read More
Every once in awhile, I come across an educational product or idea and I think to myself, “Man, I wish I would’ve thought of that!” Teaching basic addition and subtraction facts to little learners is no easy task, and early childhood best practices maintain that hands-on, concrete experiences are best. The concept of Sumblox – wooden building blocks that are… Read More
The scientist in me can’t contain her excitement!! 🤓🔬🔍💡🎉BRAND NEW Storybook STEM: Spotlight on Science Growing Bundle is coming on June 10!! 😱
8 major 1st/2nd grade science themes - 2 amazing read alouds per theme - 2 science-heavy STEM challenges - loads of ELA amazingness from Queen of the First Grade Jungle.... Y’all are gonna LOVE these units!!! Our first two editions - SPACE and WEATHER - along with the growing bundle are coming in just a couple weeks!!!
And another one...because Friends applies to pretty much all of life’s situations, right?! 😉
I mean, whatever it takes, right?! 🤷🏻♀️😂
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