Library and Academic Success: Early Childhood Education: STEAM Resources

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STEAM Program Resources

Use the Page 1+ box to find these items in the collection. The location will say Program Resources. There are a variety of kits available depending on your topic.

Science activities: We have different types of scales, weights, magnets, magnifying glasses and gears to name a few items.
Art activities: There are fancy edge scissors, paint brushes, stamps, scrapers, and stencils to name a few items.
Math activities: We have 10 base activities, blocks, sorting items, cash registers and play money as well as geometric shapes.

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Science

101 Inclusive and SEN Science and Computing Lessons
ISBN: 9781785923661
Create an inclusive classroom with 101 fun and accessible activities for science and computing lessons. Each lesson is tailored to objectives for children working below National Curriculum levels and includes a learning objective, the resources needed, the main activity, a plenary and a consolidation activity to support children's understanding and engagement.
Creative Investigations in Early Engineering and Technology
ISBN: 9780876597552
This book helps teachers create a more well-rounded STEM learning program; introducing engineering skills such as coding in a developmentally appropriate way while leveraging children’s use of digital technologies.
Robotics for Young Children
ISBN: 9781605545448
Introduce young children to the building and programming of robots through playful, developmentally appropriate activities. This book provides teachers with great ideas for engaging young children using 100 exciting hands-on computer science and engineering activities.
Simple STEAM
ISBN: 9780876597521
Simple STEAM helps children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activities that prepare children for kindergarten.

Art

Steam Concepts for Infants and Toddlers
ISBN: 9781605545547
This book serves as a platform for educators to observe and facilitate infants and toddlers (children from birth through age two) natural curiosities around STEAM concepts.
Storymaking: the maker movement approach to literacy for early learners
ISBN: 9781605546032
StoryMaking shares the processes, first steps, next steps, uses for materials, and lessons learned so teachers can implement their own versions in their classrooms. The book shares practical suggestions, student samples, photographs, anchor charts, and other forms of documentation.

Math

Embedding STEAM in Early Childhood Education and Care
ISBN: 9783030656249
Focusing on the teaching and learning of children age 2 to early school years describing how STEAM can create opportunities for children to learn creatively.
Math Fact Fluency: 60+ games and assessment tools to support learning and retention
ISBN: 9781416627227
This book offers everything a teacher needs to teach, assess, and communicate with parents about basic math fact instruction, including The five fundamentals of fact fluency, more than 40 easy-to-make, easy-to-use games, more than 20 assessment tools and much more.
Where's the Math? books, games, & routines to spark children's thinking
ISBN: 9781938113529
Using five math-related questions children wonder about as a framework, this book helps you go deeper into everyday math with children by offering such as basic overviews of math ideas, numerous examples, 20 activities appropriate for preschool and kindergarten children and more.

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Education in Ontario - Curriculum and Resources
Contains curriculum and resources for Elementary (K-8) and Secondary (9-12) children. On number of topics including: health and physical education, mathematics, American Sign Language (ASL), First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies, guidance and career education, resource for parents, and much more.