Inspiring Innovation and Creativity in Young Learners: Transforming STEAM Education for Pre-K-Grade 3

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When we imagine young children becoming the innovators of the future, we envision them conducting science experiments to cure diseases, writing the next great novel, or creating a revolutionary digital tool that brings the world together. But how do we help our youngest learners bridge the gap from play-based learning to innovation

This book shares six easy-to-understand, yet powerful, steps that teachers can take to transform the learning experience into one in which critical and creative thinking are encouraged. This text features specific strategies, organisers, thinking starters (or curiosity catchphrases), and STEAM mini-lessons that can be used by teachers and other educational stakeholders to promote innovative thinking in children in Pre-K through grade 3. Topics of innovation addressed in this book include growth mindset, building empathy, making inferences, curiosity, developing meaningful connections with previous learning, self-reflection, and revision.

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Allison Bemiss has worked to encourage innovative thinking in early childhood and elementary-age children for nearly 15 years, while serving as a teacher, interventionist, and education consultant.