Kei te hiahia koe kia tautoko i tō tama ki te whakanui me te ako i te pūtaiao, te hunga whakangungu, te hanganga me te matatika (STEM)? He nui ngā take nei mō tō rātou āheinga i te tūroa. Tēnā ko te whakamahi i ngā tākaro akoranga tētahi ara hei whakatakoto i a rātau ki te STEM. Ka noho pai ngā tākaro nei hei whakaaro mōrearea, engari ka noho anō hoki hei whakapakari mō ngā tamariki i roto i te ako i ngā pūmanawa nui e whai ake nei. Ko PPT te kauwhata o ngā tākaro STEM matekina e āhei ana ki te whakamahi i te ako hei whakamārama!
Nā ngā kōrero STEM whakapakari i ngā tamariki kia rere ki te whakamahia i tō rātou ao, ā, kia whakatika ai tō rātou pūmanawa whakangungu i te whakatika i ngā momo mahi rerekē. Nā ngā kōrero STEM whakaae kia hanga ngā tamariki me ētahi wā ka ako hei whakarite kōrero mō ngā rorohiko hoki, ā, ka kite i te āhua o te mahi a ngā robot. Hei tauira, nā ētahi kōrero e whai ake nei ka whakaae kia hanga ngā tamariki i ō rātou tuara, ki runga anō hoki i te whakarite kōrero mō ngā robot kia mahi ngā mahi iti. Ko ēnei mahi nui aha ka whakaae kia whakatipu ngā pūkenga whakatika mahi mō ngā wiki e heke mai nei. Ki te whakaaro ki ēnei kōrero, ka whakatipu ngā tamariki i ō rātou whakaaro pūnaha, ā, i ō rātou pūkenga whakatika mahi.
Ka hua tēnei i te whakamana i ngā tamariki kia māuiui, ka mātau ai rātou i tēnā wā. Nō te tahuhu, ko te whakaaro nui hei āta mōhio, hei whai māramatanga mō ngā tamariki. Ka mātau ngā tamariki i ngā momo hanga katoa e pā ana ki ngā PPT STEM. I te wā e hanga, e whakamātau me te whai i ētahi atu mahi, ka tūmatawhānui hoki rātou i ngā mea hou i roto i ngā waiporitanga STEM, ka kite nei rātou i ngā tikanga matemātika me ngā take pūtaiao i roto i tētahi wā kīwaha. Ko tēnei mahi e whakawhanake ana i te wā o te ako hei wā māuiui, ā, ka awhina i te whakaingoa i ngā take i ākona. Ki te māuiui rātou, ka kite rātou i tētahi aroha hou mo te ako e taea ana te whakaora tonu i te ao.
He nui te noho o ngā mahi STEM i te ao o tenei rā, ā, me pēhea te whakarite i ngā tamariki mo enei mahi. He whakahirahira ngā pūkenga i roto i te Pūtaiao, te Pūnaha Matatika, te Hangarau, me te Mātāmatāa mō heke tonu atu o ngā mahi kāore anō i hanga i mua. Whakamahia ai te tautoko i ngā tamariki ki te hanga i tētahi pūtake matua, ka whakahokia mai i ngā taonga whakaakona STEM i runga i te wā e hīmata ana. E awhina ana enei i ngā tamariki ki te whakaaro hei pūtaiao, hei hangaruahiko. Ka whakaaro ngā taonga STEM i ngā tamariki ki te iti me te rahi nei te hono ki te ao tūroa. Ka taea e tēnei whakahoki i te hunga iti nei te whakanuia i te wā e ara ana i roto i te kura, ā, me te wā o ō rātou mahi i mua.
Ko ngā tākaro, e pā ana ki te STEM, he wāhanga nui i roto i te mātauranga kia tuku aha hei whakamana i te whakaaro mō te ako i runga i te mahi. Kua hangaia ngā mea nei hei whakapai me te ako, kia āhei ai ngā tamariki katoa kia mōhio nui atu ki ngā take matatika hou o te STEM i raro i te whakaaro herehere. E whai ake ana ngā kaiako i te whakamahi i ngā tākaro STEM i roto i ō rātou kāreti hoki. Ka nui ake te mārama o ngā kēmu ki te akoranga, ka āhei hoki ngā kaiako kia whakapai i tēnā i tēnā momo akoranga whakapūmau mō ngā tamariki mā rātau e whakamahi ana i ēnei tākaro. Ko tēnei he whakangungu i te hononga ki ō rātau pūrongo me te whakapakari i te wairuatanga o te āhua ‘ka unuhia’ ki tō rātau akoranga.
I whakatūria te Piano Potato Toys i ngā tau tuatahi o te 2000. Hei ahuatia, he whakamahere mō te mahi hanga me te waihanga i ngā taonga akoranga mō ngā tamariki, ka noho ia i te kāwanatanga o ngā tohu paetahi nui nei, pēnei i a Scholastic.
Kei te hanga, kei te whakapakari, me te hanga hou i raro i ngā momo huarahi whakaakoranga, ka mahi tata hoki ki ngā whare wānanga, ki ngā whakairotoitoi, me ngā whare akoranga, ā, me ngā pūnaha rangahau whenua hoki ki te hanga i ngā momo "edutainment" e tika ana.
Piano Potato whakamahia ngā whakaaetanga me ngā rongoā motuhake ki te taea i ngā huringa kua whakaritea e koe. Ko te rārangi utu a Piano Potato me āna paunga moni ka whakawhiwhia i ngā hoa kōwae mātauranga me ngā poraka i roto i te kāwanatanga o te haerenga. Ka horoia ngā mahi ki ngā paku kai, ki ngā wāhi hokohoko, ki ngā rara paihikara, me ngā whare taonga i Amerika, i te Uepuera, me Tawhiti ki Tonga i te ao. Ka kitea te mahi i waenganui i te ao.
Ka horoia ngā mahi a Piano Potato ki ngā pūtaki pukapuka, ki ngā paki kai, ki ngā kōwae mātauranga, ki ngā rara paihikara, me ngā whare taonga i roto i Amerika, i te Uepuera, me Tawhiti ki Tonga i te ao. Kei waenganui i te ao ngā whakawhitinga a Piano Potato.