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Find examples of adaptations based on functional needs/skills that can be used before or during dialogic reading and other shared book reading experiences.
Publication Date: 8/7/2023
These books embrace and celebrate Black innovators in STEM with engaging illustrations and photos to talk about with your young children.
Publication Date: Final 2/28/2024
Children’s books and shared book reading can be a powerful way to include each and every child in learning about STEM concepts and also offering children with mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors of experiences.
Publication Date: Final 3-13-2024
STEM talkABLE is a platform that individuals with disabilities and their families, peers, colleagues, teachers can share their stories and STEM learning journey. If you are interested in sharing your stories on STEM talkABLE? Please contact us at stemie@unc.edu.
Publication Date: June 10 2020
Why is shared storybook reading so important? How can we support children's STEM learning through storybook reading? In this blog post, Dr. Towson shared how to incorporate dialogic reading strategies into your storybook reading
Publication Date: June 2, 2020
In 2019, we asked 29 early childhood STEM experts what were some misconceptions about early STEM learning they have come across in their work. We then analyzed and organized their responses, and searched the literature to debunk the myths and misconceptions with facts. In this blog series, we hope by clearing up these myths with the evidence base.
Publication Date: March-April 2020
This is a recording and PowerPoint slides of STEMIE's introductory webinar on May, 6, 2019.
Publication Date: May 2019
STEMIE’s flash presentation and resources on STEM at home for young children with disabilities at Students with additional needs in remote learning – An “Unconference”, May 20, 2020.
Publication Date: May 2020
This microlesson provides a quick overview of research-based learning trajectories and each of the components.
Publication Date: May, 2020
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Publication Date: Monthly
In this video, you'll meet Alex, a fifth-grader, who found math challenging when he was younger. He is now acing Math classes with a little help from a calculator and lots of encouragement and support from people who believe in what he can do.
Publication Date: October 2019
A curated list of Native American heritage books that embrace everyday STEM ideas accurately and have lots of engaging illustrations and photos to talk about with young children.
Publication Date: revised 11/28/2023
Cross-cutting concepts are a set of overarching big ideas that look and behave similarly across all STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) domain areas.
Publication Date: revised 12/09/2021
Child-level processes are an iterative set of practices where a child is performing or doing something to answer a question (Bybee, 2004).
Publication Date: revised 12/15/2021
A list of books that embrace and celebrate women innovators in STEM fields and have lots of engaging illustrations and photos to talk about with young children.
Publication Date: revised 3/3/2022
A list of books that embrace and celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage in STEM and have lots of engaging illustrations and photos to talk about with young children.
Publication Date: revised 5/16/2022
There are many prevailing beliefs and attitudes about child development, disability, learning, and STEM that limit STEM learning opportunities for young children.
Publication Date: revised 6/6/2023
Learn about dialogic reading and how you can use it to have storybook conversations in STEM with young children.
Publication Date: revised 7/27/2023
In this guide, we operationally define noticing and provide examples of different ways young children, including children with disabilities, may show us how they have noticed something/someone in their environment.
Publication Date: revised 8/28/2023
The chart below outlines 8 easy at-home storybook adaptations, categorized by the type of support families/practitioners may provide (motor, sensory, communicative/linguistic, visual, or auditory).
Publication Date: revised 8/7/2023
At STEMIE, we first use adaptations to ensure young children with disabilities can fully participate and engage in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning opportunities and experiences. However, some young children may require additional instructional supports from adults and/or peers to successfully engage in STEM learning opportunities and experiences.
Publication Date: revised 9/29/2023