Get a Headstart on Your Child’s STEAM Journey

What can a child learn before school starts that can help prepare them for the road ahead? iCode’s Pre-K STEAM course focuses on Key Concepts and Soft Skills that not only prepare children to excel in these critical areas of their education but also introduce them to life skills they’ll need even when they’re fully grown

Our Pre-K STEAM course is an hour-long semi-weekly series of daytime classes for parents and their 4-5-year-old children designed to introduce fundamental communication, creativity, and problem-solving skills through activities like (this that and the other things) This 3-month program focuses on simple concepts that can prepare children for a lifetime of learning in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.

Program Details:

  • 1 hour twice per week
  • Daytime class for Parent and Child together
  • iCode instructor-led activities
  • Proprietary STEAM curriculum
  • Hands-on age-appropriate learning

My First Steps to STEAM

PRE-K STEAM
Age Group 4-5
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DESCRIPTION

Our Pre-K STEAM consists of short sessions (1-2 hours) held during morning or early afternoon
hours. Each session will explore a STEAM theme, with activities designed to suit the
developmental stage of young children. Themes could include basic coding with visual aids,
exploring simple engineering concepts with blocks, or experimenting with colors and shapes
through art.

KEY CONCEPTS

  1. Play-Based Learning: Each session will include activities like sorting, counting, building, and exploring patterns, focused on basic STEAM principles.
  2. Parental Involvement: Encourage parents or guardians to participate in sessions, creating a supportive learning environment and bonding experience.
  3. Hands-On Activities: Simple experiments, sensory bins, and interactive games designed to teach concepts in a fun, tangible way.
  4. STEAM Exploration Areas: Dedicated stations for different STEAM components, such as a block-building area, a color-mixing station, and a basic robotics area.

What They’ll Learn:

Science: Exploring the Natural World: “Mini Explorers” – Use magnifying glasses to observe leaves, flowers, or bugs. Create sensory bins with natural materials (e.g., sand, pebbles, and leaves).

Engineering: Building with Blocks: “Tower Challenge” – Build towers with different types of blocks (foam, wood, magnetic) and test their stability with a gentle “earthquake” (vibrations from tapping the table).

Animal Adventures: “Match the Habitat” – Provide toy animals and habitats (e.g., jungle, desert, ocean) and have children place the animals in their correct environment.

Nature Art: Use leaves, flowers, and sticks to create natural prints on paper with washable paint.

Glow-in-the-Dark Fun: Use glow-in-the-dark paint on black paper to create stars and constellations.

Winter Wonders: Make snow using baking soda and conditioner, then explore how it melts.

Spring Sprouts: Plant seeds in small cups and observe their growth over time.

Science: Bubble Science: “Bubble Blowout” – Mix bubble solution and use various tools (straws, pipe cleaners, or bubble wands) to blow bubbles of different sizes. Observe which tools make the biggest or smallest bubbles.

Art: Marble Painting: “Rolling Art” – Place a sheet of paper in a shallow box, add a few drops of paint, and roll marbles around to create colorful patterns.

Art: Fizzy Painting: “Bubble Art” – Mix baking soda with paint, spread it on paper, and spray it with vinegar to create fizzy, colorful patterns.

Art: Spin Art: “Spinning Colors” – Use a salad spinner and washable paint on paper to create unique spin art designs.

Math: Counting Caterpillars: “Caterpillar Chains” – Use colorful pom-poms to create “caterpillars” by size or number, encouraging children to count and order them.

Art: Salt Painting: “Crystal Art” – Draw designs with glue on paper, sprinkle with salt, and let children paint over the salt with watercolors to create beautiful textures.

Learning Outcomes
Science Outcomes

  • Develop observation skills and scientific vocabulary through hands-on exploration.
  • Understand basic natural phenomena like states of matter, life cycles, and surface tension.

Technology Outcomes

  • Explore simple robotics and interactive tools to understand cause and effect.
  • Experiment with light, color mixing, and sensory-based technology activities.

Engineering Outcomes

  • Build foundational problem-solving skills by constructing and testing structures.
  • Explore basic physics concepts like balance, stability, and motion.

Art Outcomes

  • Encourage creativity through hands-on artistic exploration with colors, textures, and materials.
  • Introduce concepts of patterns, motion, and chemical reactions in art.

Math Outcomes

  • Develop early counting, sorting, and categorization skills.
  • Recognize basic measurement and spatial relationships through play-based activities.

Social & Cognitive Outcomes

  • Foster teamwork, curiosity, and problem-solving through interactive learning.
  • Strengthen fine motor skills and sensory development.
  • Encourage parent-child engagement to support learning beyond the classroom.