STEM or STEAM what an amazing concept. For those of you who may not already know STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEAM stands for almost the same with the added Arts. The person that came up with this style of teaching is a genius. Life isn’t just one thing or another. These subjects usually come together and quite often in many things we do in life. We’re just unaware of it. To teach our children and even give them toys to encourage this type of thinking early on is an irreplaceable gift we can give them that will instill amazing critical and powerful thinking for the rest of their lives. They will be able to conceptualize and create in a way that many struggled with before STEM and STEAM came along. Here are a few STEM and STEAM toys that we’ve used with our children and some others we think are great. Enjoy!