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Imagination To Innovation: Design Thinking For Young Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Imagination To Innovation: Design Thinking For Young Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
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Design thinking is the intersection of engineering design and social-emotional learning. Today’s learners must be empathetic problem solvers capable of defining problems and designing appropriate solutions to meet the needs of the user. In this session, participants will experience design thinking through literature-based scenarios appropriate for early learners. They will analyze and compare their own models to those of others and compose a lesson that will engage students in the design thinking process.
Playing With Code: Big Ideas For Early Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Playing With Code: Big Ideas For Early Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
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For young children growing in today’s digital world, the acquisition of coding and computer programming skills has become a popular and appropriate focus in education. Beyond engaging in technology and coding applications as consumers – the passive act of sitting in front of a screen and merely pressing buttons without a high level of thought – early childhood students are capable of high-quality programming tasks through play-based learning experiences. As producers, our youngest students may explore the open-ended nature of computer programming and coding through design, art, and innovation. Engaging in coding builds valuable and transferable practices such as problem …
Playing With Math And Science In The Early Childhood Classroom, Cassandra Armstrong, Lindsey Herlehy
Playing With Math And Science In The Early Childhood Classroom, Cassandra Armstrong, Lindsey Herlehy
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Young students are equipped with the curiosity and creativity to be successful scientists and mathematicians. In today’s classrooms, strong foundational skills in STEM promote success for years to come. Through play, young students can subitize, sort, draw, recognize patterns, and explore loose parts. Participants will actively take part in several activities highlighting each of these skills.
Little Big Minds: Stem For Our Youngest Learners, Cassandra Armstrong, Lindsey Herlehy
Little Big Minds: Stem For Our Youngest Learners, Cassandra Armstrong, Lindsey Herlehy
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STEAM-integrated activities are for all learners, including those in an early childhood setting. Participate in a series of play-based activities that promote foundational mathematics skills and foster curiosity, creativity, and innovation. Measure, graph, sort, categorize, argue, and defend your ideas while previewing a series of STEAM-integrated concepts featuring simple machines.
Unit #4: Playing With Code - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Unit #4: Playing With Code - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Little STEAMers: Early Learning Program
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Unit #2: Water - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Unit #2: Water - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Little STEAMers: Early Learning Program
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Unit #1: Colors - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Unit #1: Colors - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong
Little STEAMers: Early Learning Program
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