Smart Start: Stem, Prek Workbook

By Evan Moor and Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Engage your PreK child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science.

Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes:

Science Story: Introduces each science conceptPractice Activities: Support children's understandingSTEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solveSTEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problemSTEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity

PreK STEM skills include:

Visual discriminationFine motor skillsComparisonsLetter formationSequencing

PreK activities incorporate scientific concepts such as: Physical science

Shapes and sizesMagnetsFloating/sinking

Life science

AnimalsPlantsPeople grow and change

Earth science

RocksWeatherAir

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.

Each 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.

Includes answer key.

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629385395
• ISBN13: 9781629385396
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool