Early Childhood STEM Lab (EC STEM Lab) is dedicated to empowering early childhood educators to support young learners in science, tech, engineering, & math

Joined January 2021
Greetings early childhood educators! If you're interested in learning more about playful math for home and school, please join NAEYC's Early Math Interest Forum during our next virtual meetup on July 25th at 6:30 ET. Hope to see you then!
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Please share! Early childhood & elementary teachers, I'm involved in a study of how teachers select and use books in their classroom - especially books on STEM topics. Please help by completing a short survey here: go.gmu.edu/bookstudy
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Join us this year for a fun twist on our Preschool STEM Workshop series for 23-24. Registration open for our 7th year of our free, virtual workshops. #stem #preschoolstem #earlystemmatters #ecstemlab ecstemlab.com/preschool-stem…
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Come join us for this exciting opportunity!
✨ECRs in STEM Learning, Dev., & Ed ✨ @CEL_Purdue will host a 2-day professional development workshop for early career researchers (advanced doc. students and postdocs) this fall feat. @davidjpurpura @saraannhart @jarlogan Learn more and apply here: tiny.cc/CELworkshop
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Registration OPEN for our 2023 Preschool STEM Institute! Get an overview of STEM and integrated STEM and take a deep dive with us into science, with the theme of SPACE. Grants available too! #preschool #stem #stemeducation ecstemlab.com/preschool-stem…
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Transforming Kindergarten #5! On 3/7, join #LearningTuesdays w/ @NewAmericaEd to discuss the importance of math + science w/ this stellar panel! REGISTER: ow.ly/Rgx450MMGNi #naeycmath #paemst @LaurenSolarski
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The Mayan counting system provides opportunities for children to learn about math and culture at the same time. These hands-on activities use common household items to teach numeracy and operations. dreme.stanford.edu/news/math…
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In the Creating Copies preschool math center activity, children look closely at a picture of a building or design and copy the model using materials provided by the teacher. Try our ideas for talking about math while doing this activity. preschoolmath.stanford.edu/r…
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Awesome time at @NAEYC in DC this week! Come see us - early math presentation and meeting today, 11/18 - 3pm and 6:30pm! #earlymath #earlystem #preschool @ecstemlab @naeycearlymath
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In this playful invitation the focus is on developing the ability to label small groups without counting. SUBITIZING MORE: playfulinvitations.com/new-b… #earlyed #kinderchat #earlymath
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Happy Friday! Here is a fun activity to make your weekend better! Check out some fun math games this #LaborDayWeekend! #math #games #learning
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Children are naturally interested in birds... what a perfect opportunity for data collection activities! Early Childhood Data Collection Activities Are for the Birds earlymath.erikson.edu/data-c…
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In Rainbow Match kids assess many objects for their color and then match them to a spot marker of the same color, practicing many-to-one correspondence. To reinforce learning, comment on play and sorting, making sure to highlight many-to-one correspondence learningtrajectories.org/mat…
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In the Speed Sorting preschool math center activity, children sort a collection of things by color, type, or shape. Modification ideas keep the activity interesting and challenging for students all year long. preschoolmath.stanford.edu/r…
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Join us on March 15th for a special STEM in Storybooks online panel of authors and illustrators! Learn how picture books can help children gain a foundation for STEM and see themselves as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and more. Register today: buff.ly/3rOF3L4
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By involving children in chores like doing the dishes, you can help them see mathematics in the work. Dishing Up the Math: Tasks at Home Can Become Math Time earlymath.erikson.edu/dishin…
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Are you looking for an effective response for the next time you're asked "Why did they change math?" I have you covered. youtu.be/nzsGtz5leMw #MTBoS #iteachmath #MtHolyokeMath
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When we make early math concepts simple and fun, kids feel empowered to continue to learn — and that truly is magical! Abracadabra! Find the Magic of Math with These Simple Mathematical Tricks from @PBSSoCal pbssocal.org/education/pbs-s…
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In this Preschool Math Center Activity, children practice comparing the number of objects in different sets to build number, counting, and cardinality skills. preschoolmath.stanford.edu/r…
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Practice the counting-on strategy in this short path board game designed for preschool math center time. preschoolmath.stanford.edu/r…
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