Building the Foundation: The Love of Learning in Preschool
Help me give my students STEM Design and Build Engineering Sets and Curriculum Themed Sets!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Alvarez's classroom raised $721
This project is fully funded
My Students
My school is a Head Start/Pre-K Counts Program in a bilingual school that connects with the School District. Many of our families come from diverse backgrounds; cultures, languages, religions, and family make-ups. When parents meet me, their expectation for their children usually is to learn the basics: letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. To parents’ surprise, when their children are ready to move up to kindergarten, they have also learned how to manage their emotions when dealing with a difficult situation, whether it be a dispute amongst a peer; or what to do if a pile of blocks fell over on accident.
When my preschool students, 3-5 year olds, walk into my classroom, they are immediately greeted with hugs and smiles.
Considering common distractions, such as tablets, phones, and tv, my competition is to be more engaging and interesting than the games on their electronic devices.
Because child’s play is their work, it is my job to ensure a fun and safe environment, with lots of age-appropriate, hands-on activities, games and toys. Essentially, they would meet goals such as; social-emotional, physical, language, arts, and cognitive.
My Project
I truly believe that Preschool is very necessary for children to be successful human beings. They learn all of their life skills in Preschool. Preschool is the foundation for the love of learning. Preschool is when children definitely learn best by hands-on activities, learning by doing, and feeling the activities.
The STEM Design and Build Sets AND Curriculum Themed Sets all include functional skills built in them.
My students will engage in fine motor skills, social ability, emotional management, and cognitive/problem-solving skills all through building and putting things together. I believe that these materials will help my students enjoy learning, and that’s my goal: have fun learning!
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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