Blog - How to Engage Young Children with Disabilities in STEM Learning Within Distance Learning Environments

Authors:

Yvette Mere-Cook

Publication Date:

03/16/2021

For the young children with disabilities who don't always have the opportunities to explore their curiosities and interests at school, Dr, Mere-Cook came up with a virtual week group, incorporating children's IEP goals during STEM learning. She does so by incorporating the steps of the engineering design process, Explore, Create, and Improve and she also shares strategies to enhance children engagement along with tips for caregivers/parents and educators. 

 

Audience: 

  • Families
  • Practitioners

Developmental stage: 

  • 3-5
  • 5+/Beyond age 5

Setting: 

  • Community
  • Home

Resource Type: 

  • Blog posts

Topic: 

  • STEM
  • Engineering
  • Inclusion
  • Learning Trajectories

Level of Intended Impact: 

  • Knowledge acquisition
  • Knowledge application

Language: 

  • English

Developer / Author: 

  • STEMIE

Routines and Everyday Activities: 

  • Group activities (circle time, tabletop activity)
  • Playtime (indoors & outdoors)