When: Oct 6 – Nov 2, 2025 (4 weeks)
Where: Online & Asynchronous
Cost: $165 (10% discount if you register 2 weeks in advance!)
CE Credit: 1.4 CEUs / 14 LEUs
Program: 318826
This course has been canceled for fall 2025. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Are you interested in exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) for youth ages 0–5? This course will highlight why STEAM matters in early childhood, how libraries can foster curiosity and discovery, and how to incorporate STEAM into programs and storytimes in developmentally appropriate ways. We’ll also explore what’s emerging in the field of preschool STEAM.
You will learn:
- Understand how young children’s brains develop alongside early STEAM skills and milestones.
- Identify and explain the core concepts of STEAM and how they appear in early childhood learning.
- Design developmentally appropriate library programs or storytimes that integrate STEAM concepts.
- Explore current trends and future directions in early childhood STEAM learning.
Course audience: This class is appropriate for library staff who are newer to incorporating STEAM into their programs and storytimes, particularly those serving children ages 0–5.
Instructor
Kirsten Caldwell holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry and a Master’s Degree in Information Science from Florida State University. She is a Youth Services Librarian at the La Crosse (WI) County Library and was published in Children and Libraries in 2023. She has served on the Notable Children’s Digital Media Committee for the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC) and is chair of the Social Media and Marketing Committee for the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). You can find more from her at her blog earlyliteracylibrarian.com.