Unmasking I: How and When Executive Functions Develop & Learning Conditions that Influence Them Free virtual workshop open to all Early Childhood Educators in New Mexico In Dr. K’s previous workshop series, you learned how to befriend distraction and set learning conditions to stabilize and promote safety, readiness, and well-being within your learning community. This […]

Free workshop hosted by Explora educators! Colors, chemistry, and art will come together in in this virtual but hands-on workshop. Investigate how acids and bases can be used for color changing chemistry, use chromatography to discover hidden colors in a marker, and more! Participants will leave with a kit of science materials, ready-to-implement ideas, and […]

Unmasking II: Getting to the Root of Behaviors Guided by the Executive Functions Free virtual workshop open to all Early Childhood Educators in New Mexico In Dr. K’s previous workshop series, you learned how to befriend distraction and set learning conditions to stabilize and promote safety, readiness, and well-being within your learning community. This workshop […]

Free workshop led by Explora Educators! How tall is the Giant from Jack in the Beanstalk?  How much weight can Rapunzel’s hair hold? Discover the answers as you explore the STEM in your favorite fairy tales. Using hands-on activities ranging from measurement and ratios to structure and function, this workshop will uncover science and engineering […]

Unmasking III: How to Use Higher-Level Thinking to Disrupt Stress & Anxiety Free virtual workshop open to all Early Childhood Educators in New Mexico In Dr. K’s previous workshop series, you learned how to befriend distraction and set learning conditions to stabilize and promote safety, readiness, and well-being within your learning community. This workshop series […]

Unmasking IV: Other Processes in our Brain and Body That Can Mask Potential Free virtual workshop open to all Early Childhood Educators in New Mexico In Dr. K’s previous workshop series, you learned how to befriend distraction and set learning conditions to stabilize and promote safety, readiness, and well-being within your learning community. This workshop […]

A free virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers led by Explora educator Let’s get moving and building! We’ll have balls colliding, turn a cup of water upside down without any spilling out, and make cotton falls fly in this virtual workshop for educators. Participants will leave with a kit of […]

Free virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers led by Explora educators. Bring clouds, mountains, aquifers, and oceans to your library this summer! During this workshop, you’ll learn hands-on STEM activities to use with all ages. Explore a paper mountain watershed, engineer an acequia, and more in this two-hour virtual workshop! […]

Play and create with circuits, simple robots, and art A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers Get charged up about electricity! We’ll integrate literature and use balloons, tissue paper, hobby motors, and pool noodles, to explore and play with static electricity and basic circuits.  Use what you discover to make […]

Free workshop lead by Explora educator! Combining colors can yield surprising results. What happens when you mix pigments? What happens when you mix colored light? Learn to use chromatography to separate colors and find the hidden colors in everyday objects such as markers and coated candies. Registration by filling out this form is requested by […]