Science

Welcome to the wonderful world of science for Saint Michael students. During this time with Mrs. Melanie, we provide a stimulating classroom experience, full of ideas and materials to incorporate science learning into a child’s everyday life. The classes promote a lifetime of learning through the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) concept. Children will explore hands-on learning through simple science experiments and explorations in the natural world that will awaken your budding scientist’s curiosity.

• Designed to work with children’s natural curiosity
• Topics/activities/materials are meant to be authentic, open-ended, and spark joy
• Children build skills in experimentation, critical-thinking, and problem-solving
• Topics are intended to be broad to allow for changing interests of classes. Activities and explorations are set up with those interests in mind
• Toddler and Twos classes have a sensory-based curriculum where there is always a different sensory exploration set up to build their skills in cause and effect, memory, fine motor, language development, and emotional regulation
• Kindergarten classes have extended going from 30 to 45 minutes. This allows for more time to engage in deeper discussions and explorations
• Topics for the year: Senses, Body, Plants, Animals, Weather/Temperature, Forces, Matter, Light/Color, Machines, Geology/Earth Science, and Tinkering