Guest Editorial: How to Integrate STEM Into Early Childhood Education | NSTA

Guest Editorial: How to Integrate STEM Into Early Childhood Education

Science and Children—October 2017

An opinion piece highlighting excerpts from the new report STEM Starts Early: Grounding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in Early Childhood, co-published by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and New America.

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