Early Learning STEM Australia - ELSA

Not only does the ELSA Program provide children with STEM activities through the 4 app bundles, it also provides engaging STEM resources full of fun educational games and STEM books. These were created by our very own team of STEM experts.

View our ELSA Program resources here: https://elsaprogram.com.au/resource-pack/

Resource pack Discover all the incredible items you will receive in our Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) STEM resource pack for your room.

The ELSA Program provides 4 digital app bundles that spark creativity and curiosity in STEM. Children can direct their own play and create their own content within the apps that reflects their life and community.

Our app bundles:
- Patterns and Relationships
- Location and Arrangement
- Representations
- Investigations

Learn more about the ELSA apps here: https://elsaprogram.com.au/apps/

Apps Download the children's apps and educator app for our Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Program from the App Store or Google Play Store.

The ELSA Program was created by our very own experts who have a wealth of STEM education experience. Two of our academic team hosted the webinar ‘STEM in preschool – how to help all children be future-ready’ where they discuss how to prepare children for the future.
View it here: https://elsaprogram.com.au/webinar-recordings/ -ready

Webinar recordings Watch the video recording of our Webinars and access PDF files of presentation slides. Learn about STEM in preschool with our ELSA webinars.

The ELSA Program has been fortunate to work closely with educators in centres who have used our program through the years.

Visit our website to get a glimpse of ELSA in Action, with special insights into how the program is used in different centres, as our team visits centres in Qld, Vic, SA, and Tas.
See ELSA in Action here: https://elsaprogram.com.au/in-action/

ELSA in Action See the ELSA Program in action in preschools & child care centres across Australia as the Early Learning STEM Australia team visit educators

We have embedded the ERA framework into every aspect of the ELSA Program, allowing children to Experience, Represent and Apply STEM Practices and concepts in various ways.

The ERA framework was developed by Professor Tom Lowrie for use in early learning educational contexts.

Learn more here:

Experience, Represent, Apply (ERA) framework Find out about ELSA's Experience, Represent, Apply (ERA) framework that allows children to enact STEM Practices and concepts in various ways

ELSA Program hands-on activities provide a wide range of learning opportunities in the classroom and outside.

Our Australian Birds board game and field guide is perfect for these spring months. It encourages children to explore nature in their surroundings and transfer that knowledge to the game!

Find out more about the game here: https://elsaprogram.com.au/product/australian-birds-board-game/

Australian Birds Board Game and Field Guide Purchase a copy the ELSA Australian Birds board game and Field Guide – a popular STEM board game used in our Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Program.

The Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Program maps to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), Australian Curriculum for Foundation and your state curriculum.

Our STEM experts have outlined how in our curriculum tool: https://splatmaths.com.au/curriculum-tool

Curriculum Tool Use our curriculum tool to see how our Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) program maps to Australian curricula and state-based syllabi.

What is STEM? Well, our education research experts worked together to provide educators with this STEM Practices Framework to help children understand practical applications of STEM.

These Ideas, Methods and Values link directly to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) outcomes.

Follow the link to find out more: https://elsaprogram.com.au/stem-practices

STEM Practices - Ideas, Methods, Values Learn about STEM Practices, the Ideas, Methods and Values that underpin STEM, and how these link to the EYLF.

Since the launch of the ELSA Preschool pilot in 2018, hundreds of educators have been involved with the program. Some started with us on day one and are still teaching the ELSA Program in their rooms today!

Here’s what some educators had to say about the program:

We think it is important to ensure that families of children participating in the ELSA Program are in the know. So, we have provided information for families on our ELSA Program website that explains what their child/children will get up to and why.

There are also STEM activity ideas for families to do at home! You can access them here on our website - https://elsaprogram.com.au/families/

For Families Find out what your child will be getting up to as part of the Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Program in their preschool or school.