Welcome to the world of STEAM

If you’re not sure what STEAM is, how to teach it, or why teaching STEAM is important for the future, you’ve come to the right place. STEAM is a learning…

Do Chickens Have Belly Buttons and Fish Have Funerals? Inspiring curious STEAM learners

STEAM in the Early Years: Creating Curious Learners Through Play. Alistair is an award-winning early years author, blogger, product designer and advocate of play. One of the reasons that…

Addressing the Gender Gap: how to Encourage Girls into STEAM

The gender gap in the science and tech industries is clear: despite making up half of the workforce, women hold only 26% of jobs in STEM industries[1]. The good news…

Closing the skills gap: How STEAM can Inspire the Workforce of the Future

Inspiring young people to take up STEAM subjects is essential for building the workforce of the future and thriving economies worldwide. While the global drive to be greener, healthier and…

STEAM powered learning – Why STEAM teaching is critical in early years education

STEAM-powered learning in early years education is embedded in play, exploration, curiosity, observation and questioning. How children feel about themselves as learners is intrinsic to their success. Not just in…

Tim Peake: Taking STEAM learning into space

We met astronaut Tim Peake to find out how space travel is STEAM–powered Compared to the population of the planet, only a handful of people can say they’ve seen…

STEAM Education: a Perspective from Spain

by Cristina Balbas-Martinez Cristina Balbas has a PhD in Molecular Biomedicine and is also trained in early childhood education.  In 2013 she co-founded Escuelab, a social enterprise that provides…

Creating Magical Learning Opportunities with the Early Years Projector

As educators we are on a constant search to find innovative and exciting ways to engage, delight and motivate children. I would therefore like to share with you a little…

What does STEAM look like in the Early Years?

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. This is a forward-thinking, integrated approach to learning that combines these subjects to guide children’s inquisition and critical thinking.  Early…

STEM Teaching for the Primary Curriculum

The concept of STEM learning is to combine science, technology, engineering and maths to create something that is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Combining these subjects together…

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