STEM activities

Schools want more hands-on learning but run into limits of time, equipment and teacher training. Here is what you can do at home in a few minutes a day, and what European data says about the skills children will need.

The word STEM turns up in school plans and on toy boxes alike. Here is what it really means, why it is more than four separate subjects, and how to bring it into a preschooler's day without drills or pressure.