Making and Tinkering with STEM: Solving Design Challenges with Young Children Second Edition

<b>Tinker, Make, Engineer—Solving Problems from Picture Books</b><p><b><br></b></p><p></p><i>Can you build a sturdy house that is safe from the big, bad wolf?</i><p></p><p><i><br></i></p><p></p><p><i>Imagine your dream car. What special features does it have? </i></p><p><i><br></i></p><p><i>What can you use to create it?</i></p><p>In the first edition of this bestselling book, author Cate Heroman made teaching and learning STEM concepts more accessible than ever before through the maker movement. The practical, hands-on resource guided teachers to inspire, delight, and challenge children to use everyday materials to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books.</p><p>This revised, expanded, and updated second edition</p><ul><li>Features 35 design challenges appropriate for children ages 3 through 8; this includes favorite design challenges from the first edition, some of which are revised to be more robust, as well as all-new design challenges</li> <li>Organizes the design challenges into four sections/concepts-Build It, Move It, Change It, and Invent It</li><li> Updates many of the picture books to include recommendations that are culturally inclusive</li><li>Adds more information about making and tinkering, including how it connects to developmentally appropriate practice and learning standards </li></ul><p>Use engaging children's books together with the guidance and ideas in this book to extend children’s problem-solving skills and creative thinking.</p><p></p>