Help me give my students a dollhouse to develop STEM skills by exploring spatial awareness, basic engineering, and math concepts. Through arranging and planning together, they enhance creativity, problem-solving, and social skills in a fun, hands-on way.
$797 goal
This project expired on March 8, 2025.
This project expired on March 8, 2025.
My Project
Playing with a dollhouse offers preschoolers a rich STEM learning experience while encouraging creativity and social interaction. As children arrange furniture, place figures, and imagine how rooms are used, they engage in spatial awareness and early engineering concepts, learning how objects fit together and balance within a space. Rearranging furniture allows them to experiment with design choices and problem-solve, laying a foundation for architectural and engineering thinking. A dollhouse also introduces basic math concepts as children count furniture pieces, compare sizes, and use spatial reasoning to plan layouts. Group play with a dollhouse fosters collaboration and communication, as children share ideas and take turns designing rooms. They learn to negotiate, discuss, and explain their decisions, building social skills while exploring STEM principles in a fun, hands-on way. In these ways, dollhouse play combines imagination and real-world concepts, making it a valuable tool for early STEM development and collaborative learning.
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