THINKERABLES @ SCHOOL
When we look at the research, scholars are unanimous in their thought that science and scientific thinking needs to be introduced to children in their early years. Early science education promotes children’s competence, motivation and interest in science. Further, early science education produces better learning outcomes in their formal school years. However, not all kinds of early science instruction is effective for young children. Early science education requires remarkably different pedagogical approaches than what are usually implemented with children in school environments.
The most effective way to build a young child’s understanding of the natural sciences is through play. Play is a fundamental way for children to nurture different kinds of skills such as social interaction, emotional sensitivity and everyday problem-solving. Through play, children will be able to relate scientific concepts and practices to their cultural worlds and hence, make science relevant to themselves.
Thinkerables @ School is our offering specifically tailored to suit educators. Our pedagogical model is designed to give educators all the tools they need to systematically develop science process skills in the children they mentor. We provide training, lesson plans along with associated resources and support from our community of STEAM experts that will help educators facilitate science education to young children.
OUR PRODUCT
The Thinkerables product platform trains you, the educator, in curating a science learning experience and implementing the STEAM pedagogy for young children aged three to six years.
SALIENT FEATURES
We guide you, step-by-step, on how to teach science process skills to pre-schoolers using our lesson plans
We set you up with blueprints to simple experiments that you are trained to work through with the children in your learning environment. The preparation time for any experiment is less than 10 minutes
Our STEAM experts provide you with personalised support and guidance for any queries or clarifications you may have as you understand and implement the Thinkerables program
We authenticate your training in the Thinkerables approach with a certificate
A video of a portion of a lesson with pre-school aged children can appear here.
TRY OUR LESSONS FOR FREE
Our free trial lesson plans helps educators know how they have been designed by our pedagogical and content experts and try them out in their school or after school centre. The trial programme contains 1 lesson and 2 experiments.
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Our STEAM teacher training program along with certification focuses on learning by doing.
The training package contains
Phase 1: Introduction to Science Pedagogy
In this phase you will learn about the science process skills and how to conduct a STEAM lesson for young children using a Thinkerables lesson. You will access
Basics of science education
Byte sized video lessons for teachers detailing out usage of narratives, experiments and drama
STEAM experiments to perform with children
Phase 2: Introduction to Deep Space Land
In this phase of the training you will be provided with several problems and experiments that help you to become an efficient STEAM educator. You will access
Modules related to science process skills, narratives and drama
Performative experiments to work with children with step-by-step video guidance
Modules that recap and provide in-depth guidance on teaching science skills to children using narratives and drama
Exercises, assignments and tests to assess your science process skills knowledge and enable your access to Phase 3
Phase 3: Real-time training by using Thinkerables lessons with children
In this phase you will be implementing the Thinkerables lessons in your environment and work with children to solve problems that occur in the Deep Space Land. You will access
Modules for conducting STEAM education using Thinkerables theme and lessons
Detailed lesson plans for each theme
Videos for conducting the lessons
List of materials for conducting the lessons
At the end of Phase 3 you will be awarded with a certificate authenticating the completion of your training