
Mouse Adventures STEM+ Computer Science Grades PreK-2 - including Blue-Bots
Mouse Adventures will engage young learners in STEM and computer science through a set of five integrated Storytime STEM+C challenges. 6 Blue-Bots are included in this package. 1. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie STEM+C Concepts Computer Science: Hardware/Software Mathematics: Counting and Addition This challenge starts with reading the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and then children sequence the events in this fun story. Next, the children draw a family picture and use counters and ten frames to represent the number of family members. They work with others to make addition come to life in context, as they find the total number of family members from two or more children. Last, children transform Blue-Bot into Mouse-Bot with cardboard cut-outs and explore how the robot works. 2. If You Take a Mouse to School Part 1 STEM+C Concepts Computer Science: Develop programs with sequences to address a problem After listening to the story, children program Mouse-Bot to go from ho