You Can't Teach the 'Whole Child' Without STEM

We often hear that, "I don't teach math. I don't teach STEM. I teach the whole child.

These are just limited skill areas that are passed down, that are forced down,

uh, from the primary grades into, uh, preschool or kindergarten

or something." No. I, I, I don't agree. I understand that

if you're doing worksheets in preschool, somebody inappropriately moved down not very good teaching techniques

from the primary or kindergarten grades into preschool, and that's unfortunate. But you cannot de-

uh, thank you, Christine Foster. Exactly. Math is everywhere

in the world. The math that isn't on worksheets, which is what we're talking about in