First grade stem activities

If you are looking for ways to introduce STEM learning to your kindergarten or first grade students, don't miss these tips! STEM activities are fun and exciting when they are done the right way. Check out these teaching tips for a great experience with your elementary students!

This simple STEM challenge will be perfect for Pre-K, kindergarten or first grade. My kids love STEM activities! #stemforkids #stemlearning #steamkids #kidsstem #stem #kidssteam

Each challenge connects to a read aloud book to help students connect to the activities and is designed specifically with first graders in mind. They build simple projects to give them a firm foundation in engineering. The lessons align with First Grade NGSS covering all of the engineering standards.

We did another STEM activity this week. The students worked in teams of three or four to build a bridge using four cups, yarn, and tape. Th...

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Getting Started With First Grade STEM Activities and Challenges

Awesome STEM projects for kids including hands-on science, technology, engineering and math ideas. Fun STEM activities for all ages!

"It was like herding cats!" That was my answer to my husband the other day when he asked how my day had gone. Seriously, the days I have first and second graders are just hard - fun, but exhausting. That is until I found the SECRET to STEM and the littles! Are you ready for

When you pass out base ten blocks or linking cubes to Kindergartners for the very first time, what do you expect that they might do? Chances are, it is inevitable that they will immediately begin building towers, structures, and patterns without being prompted. In fact, it is a "common ground rule" that early childhood teachers must ALWAYS give their students ample time to explore, play, and build with manipulatives before attempting to use them as instructional tools.

Have you ever read a book to your first graders that included a sing-song chant they could repeat? (Think Pete the Cat and his new shoes....) Once the kids get the rhyme down pat they will repeat it everytime you get to that part. I also had this happen with There Was an Old Lady