Engineering in Early Education

This session focuses how young children might meaningfully engage in age-appropriate engineering. It describes three core features of engineering—designing for a goal, engaging in a problem-solving process, and considering materials—and explores what these might look like with young children. After outlining some best practices for engineering, video of preschool engineering activities demonstrate such practices in action. The archived Q&A with the presenter is available in the "Resource Link" below. Presenter: Christine Cunningham, Professor of Practice in Education and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.

Developmental stage: 

  • 3-5

Setting: 

  • Center/Preschool
  • Home

Topic: 

  • Engineering

Developer / Author: 

  • Others
  • STEMIE