The first VELI-STEM librarian training took place on April 25-26, 2016. Each of the participating librarians received a set of books and materials for use in library programming and story hours, plus sets of books for family programs and child-care provider trainings.
In the summer of 2017 librarians received a STEM Inquiry book (Explore Forces and Motion! below) for their collections and multiple copies of Hannah's Collections and sets of big buttons for sorting activities.
The second training for Year 1 took place on October 18, 2016. Librarians received a additional set of STEM Inquiry picture books (noted below with *) for use in programs taking place through Fall 2016 and Winter/Spring 2017.
Force and Motion
Non-Fiction
Motion: Push, Pull, Fast, Slow by Darlene Stille. Explores the concepts of motion.
Move It! by Adrienne Mason. Facts and hands-on activities appropriate for ages 4-7.
Roll, Slope and Slide by Michael Dahl. A book about ramps.
Worms, Whirlpools and Shadows by Karen Worth. Identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young.
Explore Forces and Motion! With 25 Great Projects (Explore Your World) by Jennifer Swanson. Readers ages 7 through 10 discover that the push and pull of every object on the planet and in space depends on how a force acts upon it.
Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley*
I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb*
Fiction
Newton and Me by Lynne Mayer. A rhyming picture book that brings physics to preschool.
Oscar and the Cricket by Geoff Waring. A book about moving and rolling.
STEM Inquiry
Non-Fiction
What is a Scientist? by Barbara Lehn. Simple text and photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process.
Circles by David Adler*
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis*
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons*
Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch*
Be Friends to Trees by Patricia Lauber*
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Megan McCarthy*
Wiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer*
What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Price*
Where Does My Shadow Sleep? by VCB et al*
How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz*
Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Science by Amy Shillady*
Me and the Measure of Things by Joan Sweeney*
Fiction
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young. Illustrates the importance of making careful observations and collecting evidence to develop explanations.
Up, Up in a Balloon by Lawrence Lowery. Fiction stories about exploring with science practices.
Hannah's Collections by Marthe Jocelyn. Whether it’s new barrettes for her hair or seashells from the shore, Hannah likes to collect things and sort them by size, shape, and color.
We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow*
Hands-on Materials (Force and Motion):
16 balls (4 each of 4 different kinds of balls)
12 cars
Wooden blocks
Storage container
Resource cards for families and child-care providers (Force and Motion and STEM Inquiry)
Hands-on Materials (STEM Inquiry):
Sets of giant buttons (sorting)
Large wooden unit blocks
Hand lenses (observation)
Measuring tape
For families (15 sets per library):
Move It!
Oscar and the Cricket
What is a Scientist?
Hannah's Collections
Resource cards
For child-care provider trainings (5 sets per library):
Move It!
Oscar and the Cricket
Resource cards
In the summer of 2017 librarians received a STEM Inquiry book (Explore Forces and Motion! below) for their collections and multiple copies of Hannah's Collections and sets of big buttons for sorting activities.
The second training for Year 1 took place on October 18, 2016. Librarians received a additional set of STEM Inquiry picture books (noted below with *) for use in programs taking place through Fall 2016 and Winter/Spring 2017.
Force and Motion
Non-Fiction
Motion: Push, Pull, Fast, Slow by Darlene Stille. Explores the concepts of motion.
Move It! by Adrienne Mason. Facts and hands-on activities appropriate for ages 4-7.
Roll, Slope and Slide by Michael Dahl. A book about ramps.
Worms, Whirlpools and Shadows by Karen Worth. Identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young.
Explore Forces and Motion! With 25 Great Projects (Explore Your World) by Jennifer Swanson. Readers ages 7 through 10 discover that the push and pull of every object on the planet and in space depends on how a force acts upon it.
Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley*
I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb*
Fiction
Newton and Me by Lynne Mayer. A rhyming picture book that brings physics to preschool.
Oscar and the Cricket by Geoff Waring. A book about moving and rolling.
STEM Inquiry
Non-Fiction
What is a Scientist? by Barbara Lehn. Simple text and photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process.
Circles by David Adler*
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis*
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons*
Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch*
Be Friends to Trees by Patricia Lauber*
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Megan McCarthy*
Wiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer*
What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Price*
Where Does My Shadow Sleep? by VCB et al*
How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz*
Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Science by Amy Shillady*
Me and the Measure of Things by Joan Sweeney*
Fiction
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young. Illustrates the importance of making careful observations and collecting evidence to develop explanations.
Up, Up in a Balloon by Lawrence Lowery. Fiction stories about exploring with science practices.
Hannah's Collections by Marthe Jocelyn. Whether it’s new barrettes for her hair or seashells from the shore, Hannah likes to collect things and sort them by size, shape, and color.
We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow*
Hands-on Materials (Force and Motion):
16 balls (4 each of 4 different kinds of balls)
12 cars
Wooden blocks
Storage container
Resource cards for families and child-care providers (Force and Motion and STEM Inquiry)
Hands-on Materials (STEM Inquiry):
Sets of giant buttons (sorting)
Large wooden unit blocks
Hand lenses (observation)
Measuring tape
For families (15 sets per library):
Move It!
Oscar and the Cricket
What is a Scientist?
Hannah's Collections
Resource cards
For child-care provider trainings (5 sets per library):
Move It!
Oscar and the Cricket
Resource cards