1st Edition

Reinventing STEM in Early Childhood Education A Constructivist Approach

By Eugene Geist Copyright 2025
386 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

386 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

386 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Teaching STEM to young children is about more than helping them learn their numbers and facts. It is an important and complex process that, to be effective, should honor the way children’s brains are developing. This book outlines how early childhood educators can best support young children’s STEM journeys as children naturally take in information about their environment, synthesize it, and grow... Read more

1. Reinventing STEM; 2. Individually Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 3. Culturally Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 4. Age Appropriate STEM In Early Childhood; 5. STEM With Infants and Toddlers; 6. STEM In Preschool; 7. STEM In Kindergarten and First Grade; 8. STEM In Second and Third Grade; 9. STEM The Project Approach and STEM; 10. STEM, Music and The Arts; 11. 101 Influential STEM Figures Everyone Should Know About

Biography

Eugene Geist, Ph.D., is the Judith Walker Gibbs Endowed Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education at Louisiana State University. He is also an active researcher with a long record of publications. His major research focus is how young children (birth to 3rd grade) learn and think mathematically and how integrated curriculum and child-centered approaches can be used to foster cognitive growth and understanding in children from birth through age 8 and beyond.