STEM Academy At Edison

At STEM, we love our infants! From tummy time to rolling over, sitting up, pulling up, crawling, balancing and eventually WALKING!!! Our infants have so many milestones they accomplish in such a short period of time! Our infant teacher interact with the children throughout the day which promotes security and a sense of respect. Our teachers along with the parents rejoice in the children’s meeting of their milestones. With a curriculum-driven Toddler/Infant program, you will notice the concentration on important developments such as gross motor (ie. tummy time), cognitive (ie. object permanence), fine motor (ie. reaching towards toys and other classroom objects), social/emotional (ie. expressing feelings through early language), self-identity and language skills (ie. personal and individualized communication using names). They will be encouraged to explore their world with hands-on activities. Language is very important and crucial as your child learns the early stages of speaking. We encourage children to babble and coo by singing songs, and promote vocabulary growth and development by conversing about what they are doing, their environment and initiating small talk with other children and teachers.

Your Preschool/Pre-K child will be introduced to S.T.E.M subjects including the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Dedicated lessons will give your child the opportunity to question and build a foundation in Math, English, and Technology as they begin their journey to academic excellence. Various Physical Activities will round out your child's day and build self-confidence. Preschool focuses primarily on the emergence of letter and number recognition with regards to writing skills as well. We evaluate our students in the beginning of the year and set small milestones to allow each child to gain confidence while learning. Creative expression in science and art are cultivated in small group activities; this allows each child to begin to express what their thoughts with guided questions from our teachers.

Full Day Kindergarten and school aged students will follow the Next Generation Science Standards. Highly qualified teachers will help prepare your child in S.T.E.M. based subjects. Through scientific inquiry and experimentation, children will be challenged to understand HOW and WHY science, engineering and technology work, and HOW STEM is part of our day to day activities from a plate that you eat from to the car you drive.