Producers from WGBH and Kentucky Educational Television and researchers from EDC have been collaborating on the research and development of brand-new computational thinking activities for preschoolers! These fun hands-on activities and apps (not yet published) were all created as part of a research project funded by the National Science Foundation called Integrating Computational Thinking into Mathematics Instruction in Rural and Urban Preschools.
Preschoolers can learn modularity and math through these fun activities:
Picnic Packer
Children work together to pack a (pretend) picnic lunch.
Animal Song
Children work together create a song with different animal sounds.
Make a Counting Book
Children create a counting book by breaking down the big job of making a book into smaller jobs.
Plan a Party
Children organize a (pretend) party with cake, balloons, and decorations.
Break It Down
Children put small dances together to make a bigger dance. Get a glimpse of the modularity app in development.
See how these activities are part of a larger computational thinking preschool curriculum in this Teacher Guide.
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