Fairy Tale Family Literacy and STEM Night - 17 Centers, Planning Guide, Flyers

Create the ultimate Fairy Tale STEM night program!

Prepare for an unforgettable STEM night adventure with a comprehensive guide that streamlines station management! Connect literacy and STEM with 17 different fairy tale STEM centers.

This resource includes prepped stations with straightforward instructions and readily available materials, ensuring a seamless experience for teachers, parents, or volunteers guiding kids through each captivating activity.

Encourage curiosity and hands-on exploration as families journey through these interactive stations for a night filled with learning and excitement.

You'll find these stations and resources ready to go, offering the flexibility to select all or a few based on interest. Families can comfortably spend 10-15 minutes at each station, utilizing included exploration cards for effective time management.

This resource equips you to effortlessly transform your event into a STEAM or STREAM night, expanding the possibilities for discovery and adventure!

Includes:

• Teacher instructions
• Center place cards for tables
• STEM worksheets
• Engineering Design Process poster
• Examples for each activity
• 17 STEM challenges and creativity activities
• Guides for before, during, and after the event
• Editable Canva templates for flyers and more
• Bingo boards
• Punch cards
• NGSS Standards
• Common Core Standards
• TEKs Standards

Station 1: Huff & Puff Engineering

Suggested Materials:

• straws with play dough or straws with connectors
• popsicle sticks with tape or popsicle sticks with nurcs connectors
• blocks, LEGO, or DUPLO bricks

Station 2: Enchanted Engineering

Suggested Materials:

• KEVA Planks or similar blocks
• yard stick

Station 3: Lily Pad Lab

Suggested Materials:

• plastic frog
• tin foil
• tub of water

Station 4: Goldilocks’ Fix-It Shop

Suggested Materials:

• stuffed bear
• Magna-Tiles or similar non-consumable building materials

Station 5: Little Red’s Bridge Builders

Suggested Materials:

• LEGO or DUPLO bricks
• weights
• printable mat (included)

Station 6: Cinderella’s Clockworks

Suggested Materials:

• printable clock cards (included)
• dry erase boards, markers, and erasers

Station 7: Jack’s Magic Math Beans

Suggested Materials:

• uncooked beans or beads
• printable cards (included)
• printable mat (included) laminated or placed in clear pocket sleeve
• dry-erase marker

Station 8: Golden Grams

Suggested Materials:

• balance scale
• plastic gold coins
• weights
• recording page (included)

Station 9: Measure Like a Giant

Suggested Materials:

• rulers, tape measures, yardsticks
• recording sheets (included)
• printable footprints, some enlarged (included)

Station 10: Royal Pattern Makers

Suggested Materials:

• cardboard crowns or printables with sentence strips (included)
• markers, crayons, or color sticks
• adhesive foam shapes or shape stickers

Station 11: Fairy Tale Story Shuffle

Suggested Materials:

• story printables (included)
• printable ordering page (included)
• velcro (optional)

Station 12: Who Said That?

Suggested Materials:

• printable matching cards (included)

Station 13: Fantasy Fill-In

Suggested Materials:

• printable stories (included)
• parts of speech printable
• pencils

Station 14: Fairy Tale Remix

Suggested Materials:

• printable writing pages (included)
• pencils

Station 15: Once Upon a Code

Suggested Materials:

• printable coding cards (included)
• recording page (included)
• robots (optional)

Station 16: Code & Cast

Suggested Materials:

• pipe cleaners
• pony beads in at least two different colors
• printable stars (included)
• printable binary code pages (included)
• planning page (included)

Station 17: Sunken Treasure Chest

Suggested Materials:

• tub of water
• 2 trays (one for items that sink and one for items that float)
• experiment recording sheet with pencils
• paper towels for wet hands and objects
• various items to test
  • coins: different types like pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • small toys: plastic toys, rubber ducks, or action figures
  • household objects: wooden blocks, plastic spoons, keys, paper clips, marbles
  • natural materials: leaves, twigs, feathers, or seeds
  • fruits and vegetables: various fruits like oranges and apples, or vegetables like carrots
  • kitchen supplies: corks, plastic or metal utensils, sponges
  • craft materials: buttons, beads, or aluminum foil balls