{"product_id":"smart-start-stem-grade-k","title":"Smart Start STEM, Grade K","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngage your child in hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills. STEM challenges and activities encourage children to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEngage 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nEach 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.   \u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nTopics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science. Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Science Story: Introduces each science concept\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Practice Activities: Support children’s understanding\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIncludes answer key.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFirst grade STEM skills include:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Connect words and pictures\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Fine motor skills\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Letter formation\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Visual discrimination\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Word meaning\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Sequencing\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Inference\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Comprehension\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFirst grade activities incorporate scientific concepts such as:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhysical science\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Solids, Liquids, Gas\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Parts Work Together\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Making Sound\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLife science\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Living Things Have Parts\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• What Do Animals Eat?\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Animals and Their Babies\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEarth science\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• The Moon\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Bodies of Water\u003cbr\u003e\r\n• Recording Weather\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eUse Smart Start: STEM for enrichment at home and help your child develop lifelong critical thinking skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eGetting kids excited about science, technology, engineering, and math at an early age is an important element in developing real-world problem solvers and innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere along the educational ladder, students get intimidated by STEM subjects and start to shy away from them. However, with the Smart Start: STEM first grade activity book from Evan-Moor, six- and seven-year-olds are learning at an early age just how fun and intriguing these subjects can be. With parents acting as facilitators, kids engage in exciting, interesting science-based stories, activities, and journal challenges that foster critical and creating thinking skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evan Moore Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42307491496165,"sku":"EMP9926","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.funtimetoysandgifts.com\/products\/smart-start-stem-grade-k","provider":"Funtime Toys and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}