Hands-On STEAM Built for Ages 3 to 5
Forty-five-minute programs written for early learners: building, sorting, patterning and first engineering in small groups. Journey to STEAM comes to your classroom, on your schedule, with instructors in Oregon's Central Background Registry. Founded by a former principal with early childhood training from Johns Hopkins.
We reply within one business day.
What we run for preschools
Weekly Preschool STEAM
Forty-five-minute sessions, eight weeks a term, in your classroom. A room of 18 runs as two groups of 9.
Preschool STEM Day
A one-day event that rotates every classroom through hands-on building.
Family STEM night
An evening where families build together. Strong for enrollment season.
Center-paid programs
Your center pays per class and every child joins. Priced per class, with a lower rate for each additional room in the same visit. Ask for a quote.
Family-paid programs
Private-tuition preschools can have families register per eight-week term.
Preschool camps
Half-day camps for ages 3 to 5 on breaks, never over four hours a day.
How it works
- Tell us your rooms and your rhythm. We schedule around nap, snack and pickup.
- Pick center-paid or family-paid. Your center can fund the program, or families can register per term. Preschool for All sites talk to us about center-paid options.
- We bring everything. Age-appropriate bricks and materials, an instructor in the registry, and a plan for every session.
- Kids show what they built. Every session ends with a share-out. Every term ends with a family showcase.
What you can count on
- Registry-cleared instructors. Every preschool instructor is enrolled in Oregon's Central Background Registry (Washington: DCYF check) before their first class, and trained in child protection and mandatory reporting.
- Small groups. The smallest groups we run, with a second adult when the group grows.
- Under four hours. Preschool programs never exceed four hours a day, inside Oregon's licensing line.
- Insurance on file. General liability with abuse and molestation coverage. A certificate of insurance naming your organization, on request.
- Designed for this age. Built by a former principal with early childhood development and special education training from Johns Hopkins.
- Nothing to buy. Every material comes with us and leaves with us.
“This is perfect for the kid that wants to build more than the kits, and is interested in engineering and how stuff works.”
Parent of a 5-year-old“I never want Lego Club to end!”
Kindergartner, City View CharterQuestions we get from preschools and daycare centers
How long is a session?
Forty-five minutes, matched to a preschooler's attention span. A room of 18 runs as two groups of 9, back to back.
Who pays?
Either your center (per class) or families (per term). Preschool for All sites talk to us about center-paid options.
Are your instructors in the Central Background Registry?
Yes, every preschool instructor, before the first class.
What do kids actually do?
Build towers that stand and bridges that hold, sort and pattern with bricks, take apart and rebuild, and talk about what they made. Real engineering habits at three and four.
Do you need anything from us?
A table or floor space and one adult in the room, the way your ratios already work.
Do you run programs in Washington?
Yes, with DCYF background checks for instructors.
Bring STEAM to your youngest learners
Tell us your center, your rooms and your timing. We reply within one business day.
Other partners: see every way to work with Journey to STEAM.