Reimagining School Readiness: Coding
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) programs support school readiness in a variety of ways beyond building cognitive skills. There are activities that can
Category: Early Literacy
Reimagining School Readiness: Mazes
Introduction We know that the fastest way to develop new skills in children is through guided play. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities
Category: Early Literacy
Curiosity Cabinet
An interactive pop-up exhibit designed to intrigue. Intriguing, funny, perplexing, inspiring, novel, surprising, revealing, sometimes silly… this is our modern-day traveling version of the traditional
Category: STEAM
Climate Crisis
Climatologists and scientists in general are in overwhelming agreement: the planet is heating and that heating is caused by greenhouse gas emissions as a direct
Category: Social Topics
Reimagining School Readiness: Music & Movement
Music has so many benefits for children especially as they get ready for kindergarten. Caregivers expect a storytime to have music and songs, but many
Category: Early Literacy
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Reimagining School Readiness: Fort Building
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education has become increasingly necessary to thrive in today’s world and therefore a national priority. Yet, a mistaken notion
Category: Early Literacy
Digital Creation
The Digital Creation Kit contains equipment to facilitate both oral history interviews and archival preservation and digitization of ephemera (including but not limited to photographs,
Category: Technology
Reimagining School Readiness: Measurement
The ability to accurately observe, measure and use the resulting information is a basic competency at the root of many STEM skills. By encouraging young
Category: Early Literacy
Photo Studio
Collection photography can be as easy as taking a simple snap, or as complex and technical as any other type of photography. The good news
Category: Technology
Reimagining School Readiness: Liquid Measurement
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education has become increasingly necessary to thrive in today’s world and therefore a national priority. Yet, a mistaken notion
Category: Early Literacy