STEM
The best way to learn STEM
What is through play
“Materials used for messing about”
What is water, popes, funnels, lumber, and many more
He believed that human beings learn through a “hands-on” approach.
What is John Dewey
This stage uses parts of body or sand/water toys to represent a real object
What is Symbolic Play
This is important for development.
What is Sand and Water play
STEM stands for these 4 words
What is Science, technology, engineering, and math
“Ropes, buckets, pulleys, and levers” are used for
What is “messing about”
He believed that humans are essentially productive and creative and fulfilment comes through developing this with the world.
What is Friedrich Froebel
When a child notices what water is like when it splashes, pours, spills, and changes when soap or color is added is known as what stage
What is functional, sensory play
Having too many ______ available at the same makes it difficult for involvement.
What is Materials
These 2 STEM’s over lap
What is Math and science
A example of messing around
What is making a fishing rod
He created a teaching method that aims to create well-rounded students through a broad curriculum, including academics.
What is Rudolph Steiner
When a child uses what he/she knows about sand to create, plan, organize and design this is known as what stage
What is representational play
Toys must be what for effective exploration?
What is Developmentally Appropriate
The push STEM into early learning curricula is called
What is the “academic pushdown”
During this stage, children experiment
What is 1. “Unstructured and open ended play”
He believes in the Reggio Emilia approach: which is the belief that children are competent, intelligent, curious, and social beings.
What is Loris Malaguzzi
At the 8 months and up stage the child shows what characteristics
What is exploration with a part of or the whole body, with their senses and various characteristics of the medium
T/F There is a right way to play with sand and water
What is False
The 3 types of knowledge
What is physical, logical-mathematical, and social-conventional
The theory of messing about
What is 1. “Unstructured and open ended play”, 2. “Identifying, and pursuing multiple possibilities”, 3. “Unpacking and verbalizing theories”
She believed that there are six key principles of learning: independence, observation, following the child, correcting the child, prepared environment and absorbent mind.
What is Maria Montessori
Children in the representational stage are what age
What is 4 years and up
T/F Sand/Water play is multifaceted
What is True