By Amanda Sullivan
04/20/21
When
walking through the toy section in most department stores, adults are
often still confronted with the startling divide between “the pink
aisle” and “the blue aisle.” Walking through these aisles can
feel like stepping into a time machine, warping us into a past era
full of masculine and feminine stereotypes we have spent decades
trying to eradicate. With so much material to wade through, finding
the right STEM tools and products for young girls can be daunting. This excerpt from my book Breaking
the STEM Stereotype: Reaching Girls in Early Childhood
will provide educators with examples of tools, games, and products