Invention Playground Promotes Early STEM Learning Through Play
Creative thinking
Hands-on activities
Immersive storylines
It’s never too early to explore STEM
Invention Playground® is a preschool program that fosters the inventive spirit in every young child. Channeling natural curiosity with fun, innovative curricula, this program gives preschool-aged children a strong foundation for lifelong STEM learning.
Our program keeps preschoolers engaged and entertained.
We guide the youngest minds to investigate STEM concepts.
Bring STEM to your preschool with Invention Playground
Talk to your local preschool provider about our program, and ask them to contact us at 800-968-4332 or [email protected].
Our education team collaborates with National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductees to develop STEM-based preschool lesson plans that are tailored to the youngest innovators.
This program helps teachers incorporate open-ended inquiry and scientific investigation into the classroom through guided play. Our activities, or units, develop abstract thinking and fine motor skills while kids have fun and create.
Intergalactic exploration and fuzzy, funny creatures called Pod Pals challenge children to explore concepts like gravity and learn how to build super tall, super strong towers.
- Invent the ultimate spaceship controls
- Build and launch spaceships
This module introduces the science of sound through vibrations and sound waves. Children learn they can invent through play as they engage in fun games with specialized sound locators — their ears!
- Use megaphones, instruments and sound catchers
- Fine tune listening and memory skills
This unit begins with children exploring the depths of the ocean. Then, the students “zoom out” to discover what it’s like to be a chemist, a veterinarian, an architect and a rocket scientist.
- Explore STEM careers
- Turn curiosity into innovative thinking
In this unit, children will receive five exciting clues to help them unlock the secret of the Mystery Present through buoyancy, circuitry and even the science of bubbles.
- Receive postcard clues from New York, China and South America
- Build, tinker and discover in efforts to solve a mystery
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The following sponsors help make our education programs possible:
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Overdeck Family Foundation
Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP)
Nordson
DoD STEM
United Way of Summit County
Burton D. Morgan Foundation
General Motors Corporation
ShurTech -2022
Community Foundation Lorain County
The Fossum Family Endowment
The Amos E. Joel Young Inventors Endowment
The Al and Helen Free Foundation
National Inventors Hall of Fame Endowment Children's Education Fund
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