Archive for the ‘STEM for Little Sprouts’ Category

I can honestly say that your training was the best we have ever experienced. Many national trainers have visited our program over the years, but no one like you. I have to share with you that one of the teachers who attended the training was planning to request a transfer to another campus next year because she wasn’t sure if early childhood education was still her passion. She told me this morning that you helped her rediscover her “why” and that’s why she has decided to stay at our school. This brought me to tears because we get to keep an outstanding teacher, and I’m equally grateful for you helping all of my other teachers renew their passion for learning and teaching. You did more than just teach us about your “best day ever” principle – you made it happen for me and my staff.

Beyond wow… how can I begin to thank you for inspiring teachers after what has been an incredibly challenging time for our staff. You gave us much-needed fire and passion, and you helped us re-imagine how we MUST connect and engage with our children. I’m blown away by passion and mission to empower teachers to go out and create “BEST DAY EVER” experiences for kids.

I can’t thank you and your team enough for the BEST DAY EVER experience you created for our staff. Your inspirational approach will have a profound impact on how our teachers create experiences for our young learners in the future.

Steve is the most engaging and entertaining presenter. This was our third year having him train our prekindergarten teachers and we could not ask for a better way to kick off the school year. Not only are the experiences fun and full of learning, teachers are hands on from start to finish—just how we expect them to teach in their classrooms.

Best STEM professional development I’ve ever been to – seriously! After the last 2 years… feeling a smidge burnt out and bogged down (uninspired), Steve Spangler completely reminded me why I do what I do.

I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Steve speak once before, but Saturday just hit a little different for me. There was a moment that I started crying because seeing the look on our participants’ faces… I realized that WE created this amazing experience together. Steve helped me rediscover my passion. Thank you for working with us and making sure we had “The Best Day Ever”!

So many great ideas for our teachers to put into practice right away. Steve passion for making STEM exciting and approachable was exactly what our teachers needed.

STEM for Little Sprouts gave our pre-k teachers the real-world tools, strategies and best practices the needed that inspire and motivate children to really do science.

Best Day Ever! Steve Spangler’s STEM for Little Sprouts workshop was the best professional development series the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education has ever offered. Steve helped our teachers think differently about STEM and opened their minds to everything that’s possible.

This workshop was inspiring! I can’t wait to bring these ideas to my students to grow empathy and community.

I am a teachers assistant and work with pre k autistic children. Your presentation reminded me of several of my best day ever moments as a child and as an educator. Thank you so much for your time and dedication to early childhood children and teachers.

I just thought we were doing some science experiments today but it was a nice surprise to see your passion for kids that the science became secondary.  Thank you for sharing your gift Steve! I’m taking teaching enthusiasm back to my classroom.

This virtual workshop was so great.  While the science experiments were great, I love your passion for wanting us to engage with each other and the children in our early childhood classrooms.  Thank you!

Thank you.  This was the best workshop I’ve attended virtually.  I was engaged the entire workshop and wish it could have been longer.  Can’t wait to try what I’ve learned in my early childhood classroom.

This workshop has helped me see that children start to follow their dreams at a young age, and it’s so important to teach them how to wonder, discover and explore the world. Thanks for the amazing ideas!

You made me remember why I decided to start over and be an early childhood teacher.  Thank you Steve!

That’s right, my students literally started yelling and screaming with joy when I said that we were going to do some Steve Spangler science experiments earlier this week. Amidst the commotion, I made a discovery. It’s not about the “activity” or experiment as much as it was about the way Steve taught me to teach the concept. He explained the connections with science to real life in a way students would be engaged. If he can engage me, I know my students will be engaged. Now, I need a class on how to keep my kids from screaming.

2021 Participant

Steve made it fun, easy and the concepts so approachable and understandable that I am finally doing and enjoying science activities with my students. He talked about creating “transformational experiences,” well he did it on me.

Steve Spangler’s approach to science makes learning fun for both teachers and students. The students really look forward to being scientists each Friday! Steve Spangler not only provides amazing science experiments but also shares life lessons from his own personal teaching experiences. As professional educators, this allows us to reflect on our teaching experiences as well and allows us to positively adjust our mindset in the classroom.

I came to this workshop wanting more teaching strategies that with with hands-on experience. Using Steve’s materials/activities brings science to life for our students. Pre-K is hands on and his materials/activities fit the way our students learn so well.

2021 Participant

He made real-life science come to life! I was so engaged; I felt confident teaching it.

2021 Participant

Steve engaged us by giving us the opportunity to perform the activities we would be doing with our students. We didn’t have to just rely on instructions in a book as guidance. By doing so many of the activities that we would do it allowed us to have a visual of the “whole” experience. We were able to be the students and enjoy learning which made us excited to pass on the experiences.

I love Science and I wanted to learn more experiments to do with my class.  This is my first time doing the conference, I loved everything about it.

 – Monique Naquin

You can not miss this workshop if you have an opportunity to attend. Your teaching will never be the same!