Learning language is a social experience and requires symbolic processing. The relationship between thought and word is “not a thing, but a process, a continual movement back and forth from thought to word and from word to thought” (Vygotsky, 1962, p. 125). The STEM school’s…
Research on children’s learning in the first five years of life validates the importance of early experiences in mathematics for lasting positive outcomes (Bowman, Donovan& Burns, 2001). Through The STEM school’s curriculum, children develop the ability to reason mathematically and become increasingly sophisticated in the…
Children live within many different communities: family, school, church, city, nation, etc. Within each community are different social norms and traditions. Understanding social systems sets the stage for a child’s lifelong dispositions about people, cultures and how he or she belongs in these systems (NCSS,…
SCIENCE SKILLS INCLUDE A CHILD’S ABILITY TO INQUIRE, PREDICT AND EVALUATE OBSERVATIONS. IT SUPPORTS A CHILD’S ABILITY TO EXPLORE EVERYDAY LIFE, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER, AND TO MAKE SENSE OF CONCEPTS SUCH AS WEATHER, NATURAL HABITATS, AND TECHNOLOGY. Our students explore science through a discovery…