Play-based STEM skills for 3 & 4 year olds in the public library

2. ...and next week we’ll
learn about the
Pythagorean Theorem!

3. A long time
ago, in a
library far,
far away....

4. Science
Technology
Engineering
Math

6. Science?

7. How?
What if?
S cience!

10. Kohl, MaryAnn. Science Arts: discovering art
through science experiences. Bellingham, WA:
Bright Ring Publishing, 1993.

11. T
echnology?

13. T
echnology!
= Tools

15. E
ngineering?
I’m an
engineer!

16. E
ngineering!
Problem Solving

18. M ath?

19. M ath! = games

20. MathAtPlay.org

25. http://librarymakers.blogspot.com

26. Moomaw, Sally. Teaching STEM in
the early years. St. Paul, MN:
Redleaf Press, 2013.
YC [young children] magazine
published by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children [NAEYC]

27. “This class is
like going to
the children’s
museum,
only better!”

28. Questions?
e-mail:
cchristn@scls.lib.wi.us
photography by:
Abby Ryan
Carissa Christner

29. Congratulations!