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March 14, 2017 | 11 Comments

Preschool STEM Activity – Foam Blocks & Shaving Cream Towers

STEM activity for preschool

Amazing fun and learning often come from incredibly simple materials, which is exactly what happened with this preschool STEM activity. My youngest was home with a bad cough but by noon we were both climbing the walls. I asked if she wanted to test out a fun activity for me before I took it into my classroom, she was game! This building activity is great because it attracts children that might not be eager to play with blocks but the shaving cream is just too novel to skip, and for children who do love blocks the addition of shaving cream gets them thinking about one of their favorite activities in a new light. What I do know if that this was a ton of fun and every single thing for this STEM activity for preschool was bought at the dollar store.

shaving cream building blocks preschool stem

Gather your materials. You will need some foam blocks, shaving cream, and a plastic tray.

preschool stem blocks with shaving cream activity

Start by putting foam blocks on the tray and spraying some shaving cream in a corner.

STEM activity for preschool

Ask your engineer in training if they think shaving cream makes good glue for towers. Don’t show them, just ask and see what happens with this preschool STEM activity. In class, I would do this at the table with a couple of children and myself prompting only if needed.

Sensory and STEM project for preschool

Start building. She started carefully…

preschool STEM activity

but then started to really explore!

preschool stem activity for kids

And then she returned to building towers. Until every block was used up.

preschool STEM building bloks with shaving cream

 

 

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11 Comments

  1. Cheryl Martin says

    March 15, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    Thank you so much for this activity! I tried it today in my Head Start class, and my children were so engaged in the activity and seeing how many different buildings they could create with the blocks and shaving cream.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      March 15, 2017 at 10:40 pm

      That makes me SO happy to hear!!

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  2. Samantha @ sammyapproves.com says

    April 16, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    What a fun activity. Sometimes we as parents need to let our kids get messy to experience great learning activities like this. My kids would definitely have a blast doing this.

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  3. Liz says

    May 20, 2020 at 6:35 am

    Do you think it has to be foam blocks? Could I use wooden blocks instead?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 23, 2020 at 9:32 am

      Yes they have to be foam, wooden blocks are too heavy.

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  4. Kearra Baker- caldwell says

    November 18, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    Did you ask the children to build a tower?

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