內容簡介
內容簡介 Engage your child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills. The STEM challenges and activities encourage your child to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems. Parents act as facilitators, guiding their children through the problem-solving process. Each unit includes stories and practice pages that help children understand science concepts and provide a foundation for completing each STEM challenge. A STEM journal activity helps guide children through the engineering design process: plan, create, test, and record.Recipient of Creative Child Magazine's 2022 Creative Play of the Year Award, Smart Start: STEM encourages little learners to use critical and creative thinking strategies to solve problems. Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science. Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes:Science Story: Introduces each science conceptPractice Activities: Support children’s understandingSTEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solveSTEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problemSTEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activityIncludes answer key. First grade STEM skills include:Connect words and picturesFine motor skillsLetter formationVisual discriminationWord meaningSequencingInferenceComprehensionFirst grade activities incorporate scientific concepts such as: Physical scienceSolids, Liquids, GasParts Work TogetherMaking SoundLife scienceLiving Things Have PartsWhat Do Animals Eat?Animals and Their BabiesEarth scienceThe MoonBodies of WaterRecording WeatherUse Smart Start: STEM for enrichment at home and help your child develop lifelong critical thinking skills."
