STEM

Early Math Counts Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement. Early Math Counts, a website designed to help you foster the development of early math skills in children between the ages of birth and five.  - Sponcored by University of Illinois Chicago College of Education project funded by the CME Group Foundation

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.

A Beautiful Day is a safe, fun, virtual play space with ad-free videos with fun activities for families and children in Nebraska and across the world experiencing social distancing due to the pandemic. We created this space as a way to share ideas, to foster learning and play, and to support caregivers experiencing physical distancing. We hope you enjoy playing with us! Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.

Parents and caregivers will find many lessons that children can Discover & Design as a family or in a group setting. These one-page lessons have everything you need to introduce the activity, gather materials and view step-by-step instructions. We hope you enjoy working together with the young children in your life. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.

The Water Lessons for Preschoolers curriculum is a hands-on curriculum created to support preschool children's learning about water quality, wetlands, and streams. Preschoolers and their teachers will explore and learn about the water cycle, aquifers, rivers, wetlands, and water treatment. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension & University of Kentucky.

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.

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.

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.

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

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