STEM

Resources for quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities that are inexpensive. Activities that combine science content with art and engineering are always a hit in any making and tinkering environment. Sponsored by South Dakota State University Extension 

Teacher’s Toolkit: Strategies and Resources for Every Lesson is your all-in-one resource designed to support and inspire early childhood educators. Inside, you’ll find a curated collection of practical tools to enhance your classroom experience and connect with your community. Sponsored by University of Nebraska Extension 

This program will give ideas, lessons, and resources for child care providers to enrich their environment for infants and toddlers to gain early math skills. 

While no two childcare programs are the same, it may be helpful to identify what values, elements, and standards are important and relevant to you and your family regarding the care and education for your young children. 

Tinkering helps children to understand you have to fail a few times, sometimes many times, in order to get the right answer. 

Engaging in block play provides a vast array of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematical (STEM) concepts.

Join us to gain information on the importance of math development for young children.

Participants will learn strategies for integrating math into children’s routines, as well as fun and engaging games and activities that involve math concepts.

When someone asks what you do for a living, don't just say you take care of kids - tell them the truth: as an early childhood educator, you build brains by creating safe, healthy, and engaging environments that support lifelong learning.

This program shows how early science experiences foster child development by building confidence, curiosity, language skills, and a foundation for future learning. 

This hands-on session helps early childhood educators explore the many ways children learn through light and shadow play, and how to use it to extend and enhance their learning 

This program provides all caregivers (early childhood professionals and parents) with books, guided questions, and expanded learning resources to support literacy development, enhance relationships, and to make a connection with your local library. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.

Children follow natural developmental progressions in learning. Curriculum research has revealed sequences of activities that are effective in guiding children through these levels of thinking. These developmental paths are the basis for learning trajectories. Sponsored by the University of Denver.