000801544 000__ 03452cam\a2200397\i\4500 000801544 001__ 801544 000801544 005__ 20210515135444.0 000801544 008__ 170504t20172017mnua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000801544 010__ $$a 2017009902 000801544 020__ $$a9781605545080$$q(paperback) 000801544 020__ $$a1605545082$$q(paperback) 000801544 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn959036841 000801544 035__ $$a801544 000801544 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBDX$$dGZS$$dYDX$$dOCLCO$$dCZA$$dGK8 000801544 042__ $$apcc 000801544 043__ $$an-us--- 000801544 049__ $$aISEA 000801544 05000 $$aLB1140.5.S35$$bB37 2017 000801544 08200 $$a372.35/044$$223 000801544 1001_ $$aBarbre, Jean,$$eauthor. 000801544 24510 $$aBaby steps to STEM :$$binfant and toddler science, technology, engineering, and math activities /$$cJean G. Barbre, EdD. 000801544 250__ $$aFirst edition. 000801544 264_1 $$aSt. Paul, MN :$$bRedleaf Press,$$c2017. 000801544 300__ $$ax, 181 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c28 cm 000801544 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000801544 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000801544 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000801544 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000801544 5050_ $$aHow infants, toddlers, and twos learn -- The role of the caregiver -- Enhancing STEM learning in young children -- STEM activities. 000801544 520__ $$a"Innately curious, infants and toddlers love to explore, investigate, and discover-making the earliest years a perfect time to begin teaching the foundations of STEM. This book defines what science, technology, engineering, and math education looks like for this age group, and why it is so vital for children to develop STEM knowledge. Expand your understanding of STEM to lay the foundation for children to develop skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. This book supplies fifty play-based developmentally appropriate activities for introducing STEM. All activities include extensions, inquiry questions, and tips on how to help parents strengthen children's learning at home. Jean Barbre, EdD, holds a master's degree in child and family studies from California State University Long Beach, a master's degree in counseling from California State University Fullerton, and a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Pepperdine University. She has more than thirty years of experience working with children and families in a variety of roles and currently teaches early childhood courses in community college and California State University system as well as presents at professional conferences across the country"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000801544 520__ $$a"Jean Barbre's newest book offers rich, play-based, and developmentally appropriate STEM activities for the youngest of children--infants, toddlers, and twos. It also provides teachers with a strong basis of theory and practice in support of early childhood STEM education, instilling an awareness of the teachable STEM moments and suggesting a plethora of strategies, techniques, tips, and tools to lay the foundation for young children's twenty-first century STEM learning"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000801544 650_0 $$aScience$$xStudy and teaching (Early childhood)$$zUnited States. 000801544 650_0 $$aTechnology$$xStudy and teaching (Early childhood)$$zUnited States. 000801544 650_0 $$aEngineering$$xStudy and teaching (Early childhood)$$zUnited States. 000801544 650_0 $$aMathematics$$xStudy and teaching (Early childhood)$$zUnited States. 000801544 77608 $$iOnline version:$$aBarbre, Jean G., author.$$tBaby steps to STEM$$bFirst edition.$$dSt. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2017$$z9781605545097$$w(DLC) 2017023058 000801544 85200 $$bgen$$hLB1140.5.S35$$iB37$$i2017 000801544 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:801544$$pGLOBAL_SET 000801544 980__ $$aBIB 000801544 980__ $$aBOOK