Evan-Moor Smart Start STEM Workbook, Grade PreK, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Hands On Activities, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Fine

Evan-Moor Smart Start STEM Workbook, Grade PreK, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Hands On Activities, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Fine

Engage your PreK child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills. 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 concept - Practice Activities: Support children’s understanding - STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve - STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem - STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity PreK STEM skills include: Visual discrimination - Fine motor skills - Comparisons - Letter formation - Sequencing PreK activities incorporate scientific concepts such as: Physical science Shapes and sizes - Magnets - Floating/sinking Life science Animals - Plants - People grow and change Earth science Rocks - Weather - Air 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. Includes answer key. About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK–8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning. About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Our mission is to ignite young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK–8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential. We are committed to developing innovative educational PreK–8 resources that create meaningful learning experiences for kids. We take pride in developing award-winning resources that align with current educational standards and best practices while fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning in students around the world. STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity