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STEM ExplorersÂź empowers your team to create learning opportunities that build awe and wonder into every day. Nurturing skills across the 7 areas of learning in the Early Years, enabling your children to become creative, confident and curious learners.

STEM in the gardenWhat could you grow or explore?⭐growing herbs or salad⭐the changing leaves⭐seed dispersal (e.g.dandeli...
27/01/2023

STEM in the garden

What could you grow or explore?

⭐growing herbs or salad
⭐the changing leaves
⭐seed dispersal (e.g.dandelion clocks)
⭐planting bulbs
⭐composting

STEM builds communication skills...Can your learners: ⭐make models⭐draw pictures to show their findings⭐describe what's ...
26/01/2023

STEM builds communication skills...

Can your learners:

⭐make models
⭐draw pictures to show their findings
⭐describe what's happened
⭐discuss changes
⭐reason and give evidence
⭐share ideas with peers
⭐spot patterns
⭐talk about what/ how/ why they did something

How does cooking make you feel?What could you make? It doesn't need to be complicated, even just helping to prepare your...
25/01/2023

How does cooking make you feel?

What could you make? It doesn't need to be complicated, even just helping to prepare your daily snack is a fab place to start.

Here are some ideas if you want to take it further...

⭐sandwiches
⭐smoothies
⭐pizza
⭐cake
⭐salad
⭐no-cook cooking

Look at the leaves!⭐Are they all the same? ⭐What are the edges like (smooth, jagged, prickly, fuzzy)?Create pictures wit...
24/01/2023

Look at the leaves!

⭐Are they all the same?
⭐What are the edges like (smooth, jagged, prickly, fuzzy)?

Create pictures with leaves 🙂

Wiggly Worms!⭐Where can we find one?⭐How do we get to it?⭐How do they move?⭐What is it's body like?⭐How does it feel?⭐Wh...
23/01/2023

Wiggly Worms!

⭐Where can we find one?
⭐How do we get to it?
⭐How do they move?
⭐What is it's body like?
⭐How does it feel?
⭐Which end is the front?
⭐Are they all the same?

What do you see?It's just an apple, right?Nope, it's more than that- it's everything you've learned and experienced- the...
20/01/2023

What do you see?

It's just an apple, right?

Nope, it's more than that- it's everything you've learned and experienced- the taste, smell, touch, the shine, buying it from the shops, poking a bruised one....

We learn about the world through collating attributes that define and idea/ object or concept. These representations are built up and refined over time.

Your job is to help your learners to experience and re- experience!

Kids love bug hunting- get outdoors and see what you can find!
19/01/2023

Kids love bug hunting- get outdoors and see what you can find!

Baking with your young learners is messy, fun and a great STEM learning opportunity:⭐using tools⭐exploring materials and...
18/01/2023

Baking with your young learners is messy, fun and a great STEM learning opportunity:

⭐using tools
⭐exploring materials and how they change
⭐thinking about where our food comes from

All children are curious explorers!
17/01/2023

All children are curious explorers!

Get outside and explore the weather!⭐streamers/windmills⭐rain gauges/ puddles⭐weather walk⭐cloud spotting
16/01/2023

Get outside and explore the weather!

⭐streamers/windmills
⭐rain gauges/ puddles
⭐weather walk
⭐cloud spotting

Marble runs are great for STEM explorations!But you don't need a special kit like this one...get creative!Use toilet rol...
13/01/2023

Marble runs are great for STEM explorations!

But you don't need a special kit like this one...get creative!

Use toilet rolls, paper tubes, drainpipes, guttering etc

Have fun!

Playdough...again?!What does malleable play mean to you?How can you change it up?⭐make your own with the children (messy...
12/01/2023

Playdough...again?!

What does malleable play mean to you?

How can you change it up?

⭐make your own with the children (messy...yes!)
⭐change it- mash, stretch, squash, scents- herbs & oils, natural materials
⭐add tools- chopsticks, noodle baskets
⭐Or why not try clay, slime, oobleck....

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