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Engineering Activities for Preschoolers

Allison McDonald — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:59:04 +0000

Engineering seems so technical and beyond the grasp of preschoolers, but I must remind you to take the fully developed idea of engineering and break it down to its foundation. We don’t teach preschoolers Romeo and Juliet, but we teach them the basics of literacy, which they need to read Shakespeare one day. Engineering is […]

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Engineering Books for Preschoolers

Allison McDonald — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:50:41 +0000

I love STEM; I love teaching STEM to preschoolers and training preschool teachers how to do it! You can’t teach STEM without some great books, and these engineering books for preschoolers are the perfect addition to any lesson about building or engineering in your preschool classroom. I use or have used all these books in […]

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Engineering Activity for Preschool

Allison McDonald — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:26:22 +0000

Boxitechs is a wonderful book that my PreK students love, and this engineering activity for preschool is the perfect way to build STEM skills after reading the book. Often when I speak to preschool teachers about STEM, they know how to do science, tech, and math activities but look at me puzzled when I ask […]

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Easy Lego Activities That Use Basic Bricks

Allison McDonald — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:35:06 +0000

In late January, I had the pleasure of speaking about preschool STEM to a dedicated group of educators with Weekdays Childcare. I love speaking to teachers, and during this presentation, I shared one of my favorite simple STEM activities, Lego Challenges. Today as I was prepping to share a photo of a Lego challenge on […]

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Family Movie Night & S’mores STEM Challenge

Allison McDonald — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:23:06 +0000

When I was asked if I wanted to help promote the all-new movie OPEN SEASON: SCARED SILLY by creating a fun family activity to go along with it. I jumped at the chance. Because if you know me, you know that I love to attach learning to memorable special events like family movie night! So we […]

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