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A Parent’s Guide to Introducing STEM at Home

Are you interested in introducing STEM activities to your children? By introducing these educational activities at an early age, you can help form foundations for future careers and build up valuable 21st Century Skills. With more children homeschooling or distance learning, STEM at home has become a priority.
A girl and her mom sit at a table working on math problems together.
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A Parent’s Guide to Introducing STEM at Home

Are you interested in introducing STEM activities to your children? By introducing these educational activities at an early age, you can help form foundations for future careers and build up valuable 21st Century Skills. With more children homeschooling or distance learning, STEM at home has become a priority.
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10+ STEM Projects: Our Favorite STEM Activities & Games for Kids in 2021

With the pandemic changing how many students are being educated — including hybrid learning environments becoming the new normal — how can you be sure your remote learners are getting the education they need while learning from home? Enter virtual STEM projects. 
Five Fun, Enriching STEM Gifts for Kids
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Five Fun, Enriching STEM Gifts for Kids

Looking for the perfect STEM gift for your special kid? We’ve got you covered with our fun, hands-on educational robots and STEM kits so that you can give the gift of learning all year-round.

9 Recess Games for Social Distancing with Sphero
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9 Recess Games for Social Distancing with Sphero

If your child is new to hybrid learning due to the pandemic, there is one simple (but necessary) educational program that could be lost while learning from home: recess.
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Computer Science for Kids in the Classroom: 7 Misconceptions on Getting Started

Whether you’re a computer science teacher or a teacher who is looking to implement a computer science program in your school, we have several tips and ideas to help you build a strong case for computer science for kids in your classroom.
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Sphero’s Guide to STEM Education Funding

If you’re an educator interested in starting a STEM education program at your school, you may find yourself wondering where and how to get funding for it. When it comes to incorporating STEM into the classroom, support can come from a surprising number of sources -- and sometimes, all you have to do is ask. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of resources to help drive innovative tech adoption in your classroom.
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How to Create a Successful Hybrid Learning Environment: 4 Questions Every Teacher Needs to Answer

As a teacher, your students’ hybrid classroom learning environment is essential for their educational success. From classroom design to the structure of your curriculum, there are many factors for educators to consider when creating comprehensive in-person and virtual learning spaces.
A girl in a mask lies on the floor of her classroom measuring distanced with a yard stick while programming her Sphero BOLT on a laptop.
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Six New Socially-Distanced Activities for Sphero Robots and littleBits STEM Kits

Are you teaching in a socially-distanced environment? If so, look no further than this roundup blog new all new activities to teach with Sphero robots and littleBits STEM kits in a socially distant classroom. 
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4 STEM Kits and Educational Tools for Hybrid and Virtual Learning

With schools worldwide now back in session, either in-person, hybrid or virtual, parents and educators alike are looking for ways to implement high-quality STEM learning in a safe and effective way. That’s why we’ve created four new at-home learning kits that are designed for parents to help teach coding at home and for educators to facilitate STEAM lessons in a remote or hybrid learning environment. 
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Meet Sphero Mini Golf

Now available! 

The new Sphero Mini Golf packs a ton of tech and fun into its golf-ball sized frame. Equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and colorful LED lights, this robot is much more advanced than any other ball found on the links -- or in the living room. 

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5 Tips for Homeschooling Your Kid for the First Time

Because of COVID-19, a new wave of parents is embracing homeschooling this year. If you’re one of the thousands of parents trying homeschooling for the first time, it can be tricky to know where to start, especially when bad actors may try to steer you in the wrong direction.
Two young boys sit at a kitchen table working on a homework assignment.
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Hybrid Learning: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

At Sphero, our STEM-based learning experts are here to explain how hybrid learning can create informative, engaging educational experiences, as well as how our programmable robots and educational tools can help facilitate a robust hybrid learning experience.
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Register Now for the Sphero Global Challenge

The Sphero Global Challenge is our first robotics, invention, and design competition for students around the world. Teams and individuals of all abilities will work to identify problems and develop solutions through computational thinking, engineering practices, and programming skills.