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STEM Learning

Engaging curriculum thoughtfully engineered to encourage innovation, collaboration and imagination

Throughout children’s education, it’s important to expose them to all avenues of learning. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This blend encourages curiosity and creative thinking while also exploring many different skills. We love to observe kids enjoy age-appropriate activities that are inspiring and build fundamental problem-solving skills young.

How Young Is Too Young For STEM?

Many parents of young children wonder: “Is my kid too young for STEM?” At Kids ‘R’ Kids Avalon, we don’t think any child is too young to start exploring potential passions. In fact, birth through age eight is the ideal time to introduce STEM to children. However, in order for this to be successful, we make sure to cater every activity to the age in ways that feel natural, playful, and engaging.

The first years of children’s life are formative as brains are rapidly developing. Every single activity and interaction contributes to their learning foundation. Activities such as asking questions, testing hypotheses, and drawing connections are building blocks to all STEM activities. Playing with blocks, asking questions about the weather, and even playing on tablets promote curiosity. So while we don’t expect your children to pioneer the next new invention at 6, we hope to shape the way they look at the world around them.

Our Learning Environment & Discovering the World

Our classrooms are designed to support hands-on STEM lessons and activities. You may even notice that any given unit can cover all of the aspects of STEM. Let’s take a closer look at some specific activities that your kids may partake in. For a weather unit, for example, you can expect:

  • Science: Learning about clouds and the weather
  • Math: Charting weekly temperatures, determining the average temperature for a given month
  • Technology: It’s not hard to believe that tablets, computers, and other technology is a central part of lessons. We will use tablets in a constructive way so kids learn how to use them as tools. In this case, they may track weather patterns.
  • Engineering: Maybe we will build mini shelters with toothpicks and marshmallows to test what weather conditions they can withstand.

Building Skills for the Future

As previously mentioned, all of these activities while kids are young builds and contributes to future skills. These skills include:

  • Critical thinking: These activities encourage kids to think outside of the box and ask questions. As they learn, they can make predictions from previous activities.
  • Collaboration: A lot of activities at Kids ‘R’ Kids are group projects so kids can get used to working with a team to solve problems.
  • Communication: While working in a team setting, kids will begin to develop methods to express ideas.
  • Problem-solving: Learning from activities and testing ideas flexes their problem-solving skills to make that stronger as their brains develop as well.

Join Us at Kids ‘R’ Kids Avalon Park

If you choose to send your children to Kids ‘R’ Kids Avalon Park, you’re helping your kid begin to think in creative ways. STEM will be an everyday aspect of their learning, and we hope to watch their curiosity grow.