Free Resource Library Includes:
- The “Start Here” Bundle: your quick foundation for bringing play-based STEAM into your classroom
- Top 10 Most Downloaded STEAM Lessons: teacher favorites you can use right away
- Posters & Printables: visual tools to support play, independence, and STEAM thinking
- Classroom Setup Checklist — simple steps to make play and STEAM easier
These resources have been used by thousands of early childhood educators around the world.
Everything is designed to help you spark curiosity, support hands-on learning, and make STEAM feel easy, not extra.
Free Training
Your Recycling Bin Is About to Become a Learning Space
Join us for a free live webinar on cardboard construction tips and tricks for ages 3–6! On September 16th at 7:00 PM ET, Cheryl, CEO of Preschool STEAM, and Dr. Marci Klein, Pediatrician and founder of 3DuxDesign, are teaming up live on Zoom to share simple building techniques that strengthen fine-motor skills, spark 3D spatial thinking, and connect literacy and math to hands-on play.
Bring your own cardboard and build along with us — you’ll leave with two free, ready-to-use lesson plans designed especially for early learners.
👉 Register free here — spots are limited!
Free Downloads
16 illustrated emotion cards featuring diverse characters for your learning space.
Two cards per page, ready to print and cut
Emotions include: happy, excited, proud, silly, surprised, shocked, shy, worried, scared, sad, upset, tired, and more. Download here
This sensory guide is exactly what we use for hands-on sensory activities with little learners ages 3–6. Pick your container, fill, tools and bring your curiosity. Download Here
Building Materials Supply List– Your building station just got a serious upgrade. 50 materials, endless possibilities — this is exactly what we stock for hands-on STEAM building activities with little learners ages 3–6. Download here
Grab our must-read books! 40 picture books organized by STEAM topic — these are the exact titles we use in Preschool STEAM lessons to spark hands-on science, engineering, art, and math with little learners ages 3–6.
Sensory Play STEAM Guide– Sensory play is one of the simplest ways to spark STEAM thinking in your learning space — no screens, no expensive materials, just hands-on exploration. Download here
Grab our Apple Tinker Tub Challenge Cards
Tinker Tubs™ give students the opportunity to learn:
- How to persevere
- How to learn from failure and still try again
- How to re-evaluate, redesign and re-think a problem to create a unique and inventive solution.
