Chicago Inno – Karis Hustad
“What exactly does STEM mean for kids under age five? “It doesn’t look that different from what they actually do,” said Andrea Saenz, first deputy commissioner at CPL. “You sit a two-year-old next to materials, they naturally pick them up and examine them…Those are the very beginning skills and behaviors that a scientist has.” The focus is on creating spaces that will foster play and activity that provide the foundation for skills they will later be able to articulate she said, such as cause and effect, experimentation, and following curiosity.”(more)