Smart Start

Engage your Grade 1 child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science.

Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes:

Science Story: Introduces each science concept Practice Activities: Support children's understanding STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity

First grade STEM skills include:

Connect words and pictures Fine motor skills Letter formation Visual discrimination Word meaning Sequencing Inference Comprehension

First grade activities incorporate scientific concepts such as:

Physical science

Solids, Liquids, Gas Parts Work Together Making Sound

Life science

Living Things Have Parts What Do Animals Eat? Animals and Their Babies

Earth science

The Moon Bodies of Water Recording Weather

The STEM challenges and activities encourage your child to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems. Parents act as facilitators, guiding their children through the problem-solving process.

Each unit includes stories and practice pages that help children understand science concepts and provide a foundation for completing each STEM challenge. A STEM journal activity helps guide children through the engineering design process: plan, create, test, and record.

Includes answer key.

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.