{"id":28378,"date":"2021-07-27T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=28378"},"modified":"2021-07-27T17:32:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:32:51","slug":"miami-dade-colleges-stem-preschool-to-reopen-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/miami-dade-colleges-stem-preschool-to-reopen-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dade College\u2019s STEM Preschool To Reopen This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does your child have a fascination with science? Miami Dade College has the perfect place for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/exploration-station\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Exploration Station<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a state-of-the-art preschool laboratory focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)\u2014is scheduled to reopen on Aug. 23 after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponsored by the School of Education, the facility is located in building 600 at North Campus. It was founded in 2011 to provide a well-rounded curriculum for the development of cognitive, psychomotor, social and communication skills during early childhood.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before becoming a preschool, Exploration Station was focused on conducting research that proved young children learn most through interactive experiences\u2014especially through outdoor active free play.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28376\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-2-crop1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-2-crop1.jpg 1388w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-2-crop1-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-2-crop1-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-2-crop1-768x808.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tools Of The Trade: Pictured are some of the microscopes kids at the Exploration Station at North Campus use as part of their curriculum. DANNA QUINTERO \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s important to understand the importance of STEM and how it aids in the early stages of development,\u201d said the program\u2019s newly-appointed preschool director, Judith Gampel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To protect children from the coronavirus, the Exploration Station will use various safety guidelines upon their return to campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The staff will take children\u2019s temperatures before they enter the classroom and kids who are older than two must wear face masks. Students will also be required to wash their hands after every activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To limit the number of people in the building, student drop-off and pick-up will take place outside the preschool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During class, children will be taught lessons through math graphs, tablets, computers, Legos (or Duplo blocks) and a garden. Students are free to choose from activities relating to science, art, housekeeping or reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a 30-minute minimum of outdoor playtime, breakfast and lunch, access to the preschool\u2019s library and science laboratory, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploration Station is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. as a way to accommodate working parents, as well as faculty and students at MDC. Class sizes average from 10-15 children in the pre-K courses and six students in the infant level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/preschool-lab-at-north-campus-gets-renamed\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The preschool<\/span><\/a> has a monthly attendance fee of $890. However, MDC students receive a $300 monthly discount so they only pay $590 for their children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploration Station has been deemed as a five-star preschool by the Early Learning Coalition and is one out of two STEM-focused preschools in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am excited for the reopening and we want to continue our interactive curriculum in the safest way possible,\u201d Gampel said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/media\/mdc\/exploration-station\/documents\/ApplicationforEnrollment2020.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to apply for enrollment. For more information, contact Gampel at (305) 237-1733 or <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:jgampel@mdc.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">jgampel@mdc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28375\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web.jpg\" alt=\"preschool\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Exploration-Station-9_web-130x90.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing Around: There is a 30 minute daily playtime built into classes at the pre-school lab at North Campus. DANNA QUINTERO \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your child have a fascination with science? Miami Dade College has the perfect place for them. Exploration Station\u2014a state-of-the-art preschool laboratory focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)\u2014is scheduled to reopen on Aug. 23 after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic.\u00a0 Sponsored by the School of Education, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482568,"featured_media":28374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2748],"tags":[64,993,3053],"class_list":{"0":"post-28378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-north-campus","9":"tag-stem","10":"tag-covid-19","11":"tag-preschool"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miami Dade College\u2019s STEM Preschool To Reopen 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