NSTA Position Statement
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). (2014). Early Childhood Science Education: NSTA Position Statement. A position paper on science in the early years from the National Science Teachers Association: https://www.nsta.org/about/positions/earlychildhood.aspx
English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25182.
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age Eight
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (2012). The NAEYC Joint (with the Fred Rogers Center at St. Vincent’s College) Position Statement: Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age Eight. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PS_technology_WEB2.pdf
STEM Starts Early
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. (2017). STEM Starts Early. https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jgcc_stemstartsearly_final.pdf A report on “…grounding science, technology, engineering, and math education in early childhood.”
Early STEM Matters
Early Childhood STEM Working Group at the University of Chicago. (2017). Early STEM Matters http://ecstem.uchicago.edu/
Considerations for STEM Education From PreK Through Grade 3
Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE). (2018). Considerations for STEM Education From PreK Through Grade 3 http://cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/DRK12-Early-STEM-Learning-Brief.pdf