by jnijmeijer | Mar 14, 2019 | Child Development, lego camps, LEGO Technology, STEM, STEM Activities, STEM Education
Since LEGO building blocks came on the scene some 70 years ago, educators and parents have increasingly been recognizing the value they offer in helping children develop the cognitive skills important to mastering science, math, engineering and technology. “If you...
by jnijmeijer | Mar 14, 2019 | Activities, Child Development, STEM, STEM Activities, STEM Education
In the past decade, we’ve seen something of a STEM renaissance. Parents and educators have science, technology, engineering and mathematics on their radars in a big way. While some dismiss STEM as another buzzword, we feel like there’s a sense of excitement behind it,...
by jnijmeijer | Mar 14, 2019 | Child Development, Maths, STEM Activities, STEM Education
Heads-up, basketball fans, the month of March serves up an entirely different celebration! March 14 is Pi Day, a celebration of all things devoted to the simple universal mathematical truth about circles, that pi equals the circle’s circumference divided by its...
by jnijmeijer | Mar 14, 2019 | Activities, Child Development, STEM Activities, STEM Education
A Bricks 4 Kidz class is not only fun (because who doesn’t love playing with LEGO Bricks?), but playing with building materials is one way to give kids a hands-on look at subjects they’ll learn in school. Construction play has links to success in STEM concepts, which...
by pclark | Nov 12, 2018 | STEM, STEM Activities, STEM Education
STEM is one of the most talked-about buzzwords in education today. What’s muddying the waters is all this talk of STEM has migrated over to a marketing tactic. Just slap a “STEM” label on toy packaging and some will think their child is getting a brain boost;...
by pclark | Oct 17, 2018 | STEM, STEM Activities, STEM Education
Just about every kid gets math practice every day in an elementary school setting. But what about their exposure to other STEM subjects? Class time spent on science depends entirely on where you live, and a research report published in 2012 shows that across the U.S.,...
