STEM Challenge Jr. Learning Cards & Supply Kit, Grades PK-1

Help young learners investigate big ideas through 30 colorful, open-ended STEM challenge cards and a generous assortment of creative building supplies. Designed for Grades PK-1, the cards feature picture directions for early readers and explore familiar topics such as plants, animals, insects, weather, and transportation. Hints, questions, and simple science explanations extend each activity, while paper, pom-poms, craft sticks, chenille stems, feathers, bags, sequins, wiggle eyes, buttons, art tissue, toothpicks, and rubber bands give children many ways to build and show their thinking. Use the kit for centers, small groups, guided play, homeschool lessons, indoor activities, camps, or family enrichment.

• Thirty early STEM challenges: Full-color cards invite children to solve approachable problems involving plants, animals, insects, weather, transportation, building, and design.
• Picture-supported directions: Visual steps and material lists help early readers understand each challenge with guidance from a teacher, caregiver, or older helper.
• Extended learning prompts: The reverse side of each card provides hints, questions, and explanations that help adults continue the conversation after building.
• Creative material choices: Colorful paper, pom-poms, wood, chenille stems, feathers, bags, sequins, eyes, buttons, tissue, toothpicks, and rubber bands encourage varied solutions.
• Flexible early learning use: Durable cards work well for centers, early finishers, indoor activities, small groups, homeschool lessons, camps, and family learning time.
• Generous classroom assortment: Twenty-eight packaged components combine guided challenges with high-count craft and construction supplies for repeated activities.