The preschool age is a wonderful time to begin to introduce the concepts involved in STEM- that is, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. These topics at first may sound too advanced for preschoolers, but there are wonderful age-appropriate simple activities that begin to introduce the qualities of STEM to preschoolers in a way that feels natural and fun for them! Below is a compilation of ideas to put your gears into motion.
Materials: Spoon, glass, food ingredients for stirring (salt, sugar, flour, etc.) Do Oil and Water Mix? – Create a jar filled with water and oil for preschoolers to discover what happens when they try to shake them together. (Preschool STEAM) Empty jar, water, oil, food coloring Eyedropper Dot Filling – Draw circles of water for preschoolers to fill with a small eyedropper. (Teach Beside Me) Eyedroppers, food coloring, laminated paper or sealable bag Lego Playdough Building – Learn about balance as structures are built from playdough, straws, and playdough. Playdough, Legos, straws Shaving Cream and Blocks Tower – Fill your sensory bin with shaving cream and square blocks to stack together. (No Time For Flash Cards) Bin, shaving cream, square blocks Sink the Egg Challenge – Fill Easter eggs with various materials and discover which sink and which float. (Happy Toddler Playtime) Plastic Easter eggs, various heavy and light materials to fill the eggs (pom-poms, dice, quarters, etc.) Contact Paper and Blocks – Cover a vertical surface with contact paper for preschoolers to arrange blocks on as if they are stacked. (Teach Preschool) Contact paper, foam blocks or small blocks DIY Balancing Beam – Create your own balancing beam for comparing weights using wood or cardboard. (Early Learning Ideas) Wood slates or cardboard, wood dowel, craft sticks, glue Plastic Egg Stacking – Attempt to stack tall towers of plastic egg halves until they tumble over. (The Resourceful Mama) Plastic Easter egg halves Frozen Leaf Inspection – Freeze leaves in sheets of water for preschoolers to inspect. (Preschool Powol Packets) Leaves, trays for freezing Pom-pom Wall Tubes – Tape tubes to your wall arranged in a way for preschoolers to drop pom-poms down the tunnels. (Toddler Approved) Paper tubes, scissors, different colors of paper, painters tape, pom poms Nature Sink or Float Bin – Provide a bin of water along with nature materials to guess which items will sink and which will float. (Laughing Kids Learn) Bin, various nature materials How Do Insects Eat? – Discover how many insects eat by using straws to drink water from a plate. (Adventures in Mommydom) Straws, plates, water Dinosaur Stacking – Try stacking oddly-shaped toys such as plastic dinosaurs and discuss why preschoolers think that it is difficult to stack. (Kindergarten Worksheets and Games) Small plastic dinosaurs (or other animal)
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