Inspiring Innovation and Creativity in Young Learners helps teachers and other educational stakeholders to promote innovative thinking in children in Pre-K through grade 3. This book:Shares six easy steps that teachers can take to transform the learning experience.Encourages critical and creative thinking in students.Features specific strategies, organizers, and thinking starters (or curiosity catchphrases).Includes easy-to-implement STEAM mini-lessons.Addresses growth mindset, building empathy, making inferences, curiosity, developing meaningful connections with previous learning, self-reflection, and revision.When we imagine young children becoming the innovators of the future, we envision them conducting science experiments to cure diseases, writing the next great novel, or creating a revolutionary digital tool that brings the world together. This book helps our youngest learners bridge the gap from play-based learning to innovation.Grades Pre-K3