STEM Family Activities Workbook

The STEM Family Activities Kit is a collaboration between the Boston Children s Museum and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. This work is funded by the federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant, awarded to the Department of Early Education and Care in 2012. The goal of the STEM Family Activities Kit is to provide information and Activities for families and to support them in focusing and refining the naturally inquisitive behaviors of infants to five-year-olds on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The content and Activities are aimed at both children and their families, who can initiate and extend STEM learning at the partnersBoston Children s Museum Boston Children s Museum (BCM) is a welcoming, imaginative, child-centered learning environment that supports diverse families in nurturing their children s creativity and curiosity.

The following chart illustrates how young children can experience age-appropriate science learning at home. Below are suggestions for families that educators can give workshop participants. Encouraging the science attitudes of curiosity, divergent thinking, playfulness, observation and exploration will prepare children for later learning.

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