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Folk Tales Problem Solving STEM Kits

Kids live the legends—helping John Henry race a steam-powered drill, giving Johnny Appleseed a hand fencing in his orchard, and building Paul Bunyan a wagon strong enough to carry his giant knapsack! Our kits help kids discover the STEM in their favorite folk tales—inspiring them to use hands-on materials to design, build and test one-of-a-kind creations…then improve upon them like real engineers! Each kit comes with a STEM-focused story card, student challenge cards and detailed lesson plans —plus a variety of building materials! You get all 3 kits shown, for a total of 204 building pieces.  Each kit also available separately below.   

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Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood

Kids use STEM skills to help Little Red Riding Hood!

Perfect for building problem-solving skills, the kit includes a story card that presents a dilemma for kids to solve.

Children have to plan, create and test basket designs to hold Little Red Riding Hood’s apples!

The kit comes with a STEM-focused story card, 32 plastic basket builders, 10 apples, 4 figures, a guide, plus student and teacher cards with lesson plans and full support. For ages 3 and up.

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• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• The Three Little Pigs
• Goldilocks & the Three Bears
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• The Billy Goats Gruff sequencing cards and CD
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• Scholastic Storytime STEM Folk & Fairy Tales

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FAIRY TALES & folk tales PROBLEM SOLVING stem KITS

Fairy Tales Set 1                                                     

Students engineer happier endings to fairy tales—as they design a house that can’t be blown down, construct a bridge that keeps 3 goats safe from the troll, and build a chair even Goldilocks can’t break! Our kits help children discover the STEM in their favorite fairy tales—and naturally inspire them to explore each challenging situation until they find a solution! Each kit comes with a STEM-focused story card, building materials, a guide, plus student and teacher cards with lesson plans and full support. 

Recommended Ages: 3 to 8 years old / Grades ECE to 3rd

Learning Concepts: Building and design engineering, STEM/STEAM, problem solving, fairy tales, literature, language arts

SET 1 Available Kits: 4

There are three fairy tales included in each kit: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Three Little Pigs

Six Books Included: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks Returns, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Listen, My Bridge is So Cool! 

Fairy Tales Set 2

Students use STEM skills to help their favorite fairy tale characters! Perfect for building problem-solving skills, each kit includes a story card that presents a dilemma for kids to solve. Children have to plan, create, and test solutions—to help a prince scale a tower to rescue Rapunzel, get the Gingerbread Man across a river…and more! Each kit comes with a STEM-focused story card, building materials, a guide, plus student and teacher cards with lesson plans and full support. 

Learning Concepts : Building and design engineering, STEM/STEAM, problem solving, fairy tales, literature, language arts

SET 2 Available Kits: 4

There are three fairy tales included in each kit: The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel

Six Books Included: The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel: Let Down Your Zip Wire!, and Rapunzel

Folk Tales Set

Students live the legends—helping John Henry race a steam-powered drill, giving Johnny Appleseed a hand fencing in his orchard, and building Paul Bunyan a wagon strong enough to carry his giant knapsack! These kits help students discover the STEM in their favorite folk tales—inspiring them to use hands-on materials to design, build and test one-of-a-kind creations…then improve upon them like real engineers! Each kit comes with a STEM-focused story card, student challenge cards and detailed lesson plans—plus a variety of building materials! 

Recommended Ages: 7 to 8 years old  / Grades 2nd to 3rd

Learning Concepts : Building and design engineering, STEM/STEAM, problem solving, folk tales, literature

Available Kits: 2 

There are three folk tales included in each kit: J ohnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan

Three Books Included: Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan

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Once upon a time, fairy tales were for the very young. They were read at bedtime or watched in Disney movies.But in a true to life “happily ever after” scenario, fairy tale literature is experiencing a revival these days. Recently, some of the most popular movies and television series and Broadway shows are inhabited by the fabulous characters straight from our childhood fairy tales. And we, at Get Caught Engineering, have been inspired by them to create engineering lessons that incorporate these well-loved tales that appeal to young and old alike.

Why Combine Fairy Tales and STEM?

As educators, we understand the time crunch teachers experience every day and are big believers in integrating STEM lessons into other subjects. Fairy tales provide a wonderful springboard for developing an engineering lesson for several reasons:

• Fairy tales are already part of the elementary school curriculum; therefore it is not an add-on.
• Anything is possible in a fairy tale! The ideas for an engineering connection is limitless.
• Fairy Tales encourage students to begin to problem solve and generate design ideas.
• Children already know most of the fairy tales so time isn’t spent on reading or reviewing a story .
• Fairy Tales are short and the format makes it easy to discuss the plot and a problem. 

Begin with a “What if?” Question

Trigger the creativity of children by asking them to imagine possibilities beyond the story that they know.

• What if we create a tool, or system to help the characters solve their problem or escape the Giant ?
• What if we redesign or improve a tool that is already used in the story? Could Rapunzel have a different way to raise and lower people coming to her tower?
• What if we save the princess, beat the dragon or overcome the Ogre or Troll in a new and different way? Could the three Billy Goats go around the Troll?

With fiction, we are only limited by our own imagination! And remember…engineers often think out of the box to solve problems.

 Think Beyond “Happily Ever After” and “Once Upon a Time”

Think about what might have happened before the fairy tale started. Could a problem even be avoided by looking at the past?

*If the Three Pigs built an alarm before their unfortunate encounter with the Wolf, all would be safe.

*If Cinderella’s father had a more secure saddle, he possibly would never have fallen off of his horse.

What about what may happen after the fairy tale ends?

*Where are Cinderella and Prince Charming going to live? Certainly not with the in-laws!

*What happened when Goldilocks told her mother about her encounter with the Three Bears? Someone needs to design and build some new furniture.

Engage the Engineering

  We have found that every fairy tale presents a problem in the plot that needs to be solved. Some ideas that we developed into engineering design process challenges include:

• Rapunzel  – Create an elevator for the tower
• Goldilocks – Engineer a new chair for Baby Bear
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Develop a grabber for the golden egg
• Cinderella – Design a castle to live in after the wedding

Or, rather than presenting the problem that needs to be solved to the students, make a list of possible problems that need solving from a particular tale.

Let the students choose which problem they would like to solve. Not everyone need solve the same problem! And it is always interesting to watch two or three groups solve the same problem in different ways.

Need some prepared STEM and fairy tale lessons? Our Teacher Pay Teachers store has ten individual fairy tale lessons available to download. In addition, we have three fairy tale bundles of activities that explore many aspects of engineering.

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Once your students engineer solutions to a few fairy tale challenges, we’re sure that these will be some of their favorite STEM activities.

We hope you and your students Get Caught Engineering with fairy tales !

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Kids engineer happier endings to fairy tales—as they design a house that can’t be blown down, construct a bridge that keeps 3 goats safe from the troll and build a chair even Goldilocks can’t break! Our kits help children discover the STEM in their Favourite fairy tales—and naturally inspire them to explore each challenging situation until they find a solution! You get all 3 kits; each kit includes a STEM-focused story card, building materials, plus student & teacher cards with lesson plans and full support.

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Kids use STEM skills to help Little Red Riding Hood! Children have to plan, create and test basket designs to hold Little Red Riding Hood’s apples! Recommended for ages 3-6

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Engineering Fairy Tales

This collection provides several engineering or D&T activities that are set in the context of popular Fairy Tales. Each activity finds a problem that a character in the story has and asks children to come up with an engineering solution for the problem. Children then work together in teams to design and make their solutions for the problem the characters have in each story. A reading of each Fairy Tale is provided in videos from real life engineers.

These activities are a great way of linking D&T at primary with learning in English. They have been developed by STEMFirst. The stories have been provided by BAE Systems, the Royal Navy, British Army and RAF.

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This resource provides an introductory video with a STEM Ambassador reading the story of Cinderella and a follow on activity for children to carry out. In this activity, children act as engineers in order to help Cinderella with a problem. She needs a device that will time 20 seconds. Children work in teams to...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This resource provides an introductory video with a STEM Ambassador reading the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and a follow-on activity for children to carry out. In the activity children think like engineers in order to help Goldilocks build a chair that seats ALL the bears at once. First children find...

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This resource provides an introductory video with a STEM Ambassador reading the story of Hansel and Gretel and a follow-on activity for children to carry out. In the activity, linked to programming and D&T, children help Gretel escape and rescue Hansel from the witch by writing step by step directions to get...

Jack and the Beanstalk

This resource provides an introductory video with a STEM Ambassador reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and a follow-on activity for children to carry out. In the activity children act as engineers in order to help Jack get his egg down the beanstalk. They design and make their solutions then test them...

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14 STEM kits for innovative kids of all ages

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The best STEM kits for kids can prepare them for a successful future, and a fun, engaging present!

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In a technologically-advanced world where endless reserves of information are literally at our fingertips, our children need to grow up with an innovative mindset that will help them to apply knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems. Providing a STEM-rich home environment can prepare your child for a successful future, and a fun, engaging present!

Offering plenty of opportunities for STEM play and exploration at home can help your child strengthen important critical thinking skills as they gain a deeper understanding of how the world around them works. You don’t have to wait until your child is reading and writing to start exploring STEM – even toddlers can begin fostering creativity, problem solving skills, and a curiosity about the natural world through STEM play. 

Related: 7 easy ways to introduce STEM education to your kids

There are plenty of benefits to STEM activities. Early STEM learning that continues throughout a child’s life can have significant outcomes later in their educational journey. One study showed that preschool math ability predicted later achievement in math through high school. According to the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) , children need multiple, varied opportunities to engage with science concepts, in both formal and informal settings, making a case for parents to provide more exposure to STEM activities at home, outside of the classroom. 

Don’t worry if your background isn’t in science, technology, math, or engineering. With the right STEM kits for your child’s age and interests, you won’t have to be an expert for your child to learn all things STEM, right at home. 

Here are some of the best STEM kits on the market for your child to explore:

STEM kits for toddlers

Your child is never too young to start learning about the world around them through STEM! These fun, screen-free STEM kits offer the perfect starting point for your budding scientist or engineer.

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Fairy tales problem solving stem kit.

This sweet fairytale-inspired STEM kit for ages 3-6 invites young children to create a happier ending to a few of their favorite children’s stories. Whether they are building a chair for Goldilocks that won’t break, or a strong house that even the Big Bad Wolf can’t blow down, young children can get a head start in engineering in imaginative ways.

Sensory Beads

Just right for the smallest hands, these sensory beads introduce geometric shapes and patterns to little ones in a way that satisfies their sensorial craving.

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Splashology water lab science kit.

Your little one can dive right into learning early physics and scientific observation skills with this fun water lab STEM kit. This set elevates your child’s bathtub and water table play in a meaningful way that will make learning at home a part of their routine.

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Butterfly garden.

This is the perfect nature-based family STEM kit offering an experience that little ones won’t soon forget. Creating a butterfly habitat and watching the miraculous process of metamorphosis take place, right at home, will help your child gain a deeper understanding of the natural world, and help them to record their observations and make predictions.

STEM kits for kids

Children of all ages learn best through hands-on experimentation, and these STEM kits for kids offer the just-right challenge for their developing brains to think critically as they learn through play.

Science Kit

This comprehensive science kit for children ages 4-12 includes everything you need to conduct over 100 experiments with your child. The step-by-step instructions include photos that make the process easy to understand for young children as they explore creating fizzy reactions, an underwater volcano, growing crystals and more.

Create a Chain Reaction STEM Kit

Recommended for children ages 4-7, this STEM kit includes durable pieces that can be used to explore concepts like gravity, force, and momentum as they get creative and engineer their own complex ball run. Challenge cards are also included to create a variety of different courses.

Botley 2.0 the Coding Robot

Botley, best for ages 5+, is a fun little robot that teaches your child to code, screen-free! This 78-piece kit includes plenty of coding challenges as Botley navigates through obstacles courses and mazes, and even lights up in the dark.

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Renewable energy science kit.

This STEM kit is a splurge, but includes everything your child needs to gain hands-on experience with renewable energy. As they learn more about hydrogen fuel cells, solar energy, wind turbines, and water electrolysis, they may just be inspired to one day solve the climate crisis!

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Designed for children ages 8+, Snap Circuits are electrical engineering kits for kids that provide a unique opportunity to make their own electric-powered toys and tools. From a flying saucer to a voice-controlled lamp, your child can experiment with over 100 designs, making this a STEM kit that can grow along with your child.

STEM subscription boxes

Keeping your child engaged in STEM learning is easy with monthly subscription kits. Here are a few of the best subscription STEM kits for kids of all ages.

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CrunchLabs was founded by a NASA engineer turned YouTube prankster, and the playful approach the brand takes to engineering is perfect for kids. Created with ages 8-12 in mind, CrunchLabs monthly subscription boxes come with a video that takes learning to a deeper level.

$23.95/month

KiwiCo offers monthly subscription crates for all ages, with a few that are especially focused on STEM learning. The Tinker Crate for ages 9-14 offers science and engineering projects, like a color-mixing LED crystal, while the Eureka Crate for ages 12+ is all about engineering and design, with fun projects like making your own stereo headphones.

MEL Science

$29.90/month

MEL Science provides parents with the freedom to choose STEM kits from a variety of topics of interest for their child, from coding, to physics, to chemistry. Along with the hands-on materials, your child will also gain access to an interactive mobile app, virtual and augmented reality. They offer options for ages 4-16+.

Creation Crate

$49.99/project

Creation Crate offers STEM kits for ages 10+, challenging tweens, teens, and even adults! With projects focused on electronics, chemistry, and engineering, this subscription is a great option to keep older kids engaged at home. Each curriculum area has a series of projects that build your child’s skills and knowledge progressively over time, making learning fun and exciting.

$16.95+/month

Bitsbox is a learning system that teaches real coding skills. Every month, your child will receive a set of app projects that focus on a different computer science concept. The best part is, you don’t have to know anything about coding in order for your child to become an expert through this unique subscription STEM kit.

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"Alien Encounter" is a NASA@ My Library kit that has participants use multiplication to help "aliens" find out how much fuel they need to get their space crafts home.

Key Concepts:

• Relates addition to multiplication
• Relates problem-solving strategy to symbols

STEM Kit Information

• Kit FAQ Information about STEM kit circulation, reservations and holds, shipping, etc.

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• Kit Contents
• Activities Included
• NASA@ My Library Additional Resources
• 20 Alien Figures
• 100 Plastic Crystals
• 30 Activity Sheets

• Funding Notice
• Alien Encounter Participants use multiplication to help the aliens find out how much fuel they need to get their space crafts home.
• NASA@ My Library NASA Science Mission Directorate education objectives support the Nation's education efforts to improve science literacy and to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. One institution that can accomplish both of these outcomes, for people of all ages and in every region of the country, is our public library system the central focus of the NASA@ My Library project.
• STEM Clearinghouse In the STEM Activity Clearinghouse, librarians and library staff can find high quality, vetted STEM activities that are appropriate for library use. You can search by audience, content level, and difficulty, among others. You can also browse collections that we've curated just for you! Almost all the activities in the Clearinghouse have pictures or videos of real libraries doing these activities. Activities developed outside the STAR_Net Project will include tips and tricks for implementing in your library, and will link you back to the original source content so you can explore more.
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• Last Updated: Apr 15, 2024 1:14 PM
• URL: https://library-nd.libguides.com/STEMkits

Many of these resources and programs are funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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