Preschool Engineering Stem Series: Building Bridges

Published:
June 9, 2015

Sarah Shelton

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Preschoolers love to build things!

BuildingbridgesMost small children learn by lots of hands on, trial and error effort. Little ones love to build things and figure out how things work. There are tons of STEM activities for older children, I thought it would be fun to do a series on STEM activities for Preschoolers. 

This week let’s build some bridges!
4 Bridges to Build With Preschoolers from Stay At Home Educator

Gum Drop Bridge Building from Little Bins for Little Hands – we did this at American Heritage Girls Camp while we were earning our engineering badges. All ages participated. It was a lot of fun, just watch your little ones with the toothpicks!
Gumdrop bridge building STEM activity
Building Cardboard Bridges from Pink Stripey Socks
building cardboard bridges with kids (engineering)
Lego Bridge Building Challenge from Frugal Fun 4 Boys
Lego Fun Friday:  Bridge Building Challenge
Wonder Works Building Bridges Lesson Plans
http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/2013/10/wonderworks-bridge-building.html
Designing and Building Bridges from The Imagination Tree
Building bridges with recycled materials
How to Build a Bridge from Inspiration Laboratories
How to Build a Bridge


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