{"id":4688,"date":"2025-07-06T09:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craftsmanafterschool.com\/?page_id=4688"},"modified":"2025-07-06T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:50:37","slug":"steam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/craftsmanafterschool.com\/en\/craftsman-after-school\/steam","title":{"rendered":"What is STEAM Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

What is STEAM Education?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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STEAM education fosters \"the power to live in the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Why Craftsman Afterschool offers a wide variety of programs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

STEAM education is an educational method originating in the United States that combines \"Science,\" \"Technology,\" \"Engineering,\" \"Art,\" and \"Mathematics\" to foster the ability to think, create, and communicate<\/strong>. Its history is relatively new, having been proposed in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Craftsman After School has developed a unique program<\/strong> based on this STEAM approach that combines school-age children with learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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List of Power and Programs Cultivated at Craftsman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1. Calligraphy: \"Japanese beauty\" that cultivates concentration and a sense of beauty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Time spent facing the written word helps children develop a sense of calmness and concentration.
They can also naturally learn the subtleties of Japanese culture from the way they handle a brush and their manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The children will develop a sense of beauty, mental concentration, and expression.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Japanese Calligraphy Class<\/a><\/h5>

Craftsman After School offers calligraphy classes (brush writing) twice a month. By using a brush and quietly confronting letters, students cultivate beautiful characters while preparing their minds.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Soroban\u3011Polish the foundation of logic, speed, and calculation skills.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Cultivate the ability to memorize images and become a \"number-conscious\" child.
By learning repeatedly, students can experience the results of their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Mathematics and Logic (Mathematical thinking and calculation skills)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Abacus class<\/a><\/h5>

Become Strong with Numbers. Calculation becomes fun.\"
\nFull use of fingertips and brain! Craftsman's classic and popular program that builds mental arithmetic, concentration, and confidence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Inquiry activities: The ability to face questions that have no correct answers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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In \"Inquiry Activities,\" for example, students are asked questions such as, \"How can we make tools that are easy to use? How can we use natural forms in design? For example, \"How can we make tools that are easy to use?
This is a time when all elements of STEAM education are combined through trial and error, hypothesis and verification, observation and discovery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The power to grow: Problem Solving ability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Inquiry-based Learning - Learning Friday<\/a><\/h5>

A chain of learning that begins with love
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4. Digital Craft Class] Explosion of creativity through 3D printer and modeling!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Using modeling software such as TinkerCAD, students can give shape to their ideas in 3D.
The class will develop the ability to enjoy trial-and-error and technological literacy through an integrated process up to the printing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The ability to develop: Technology, Engineering, and Creativity (conceptualization and execution skills)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Digital Craft Class<\/a><\/h5>

3D printers that can give shape to your ideas
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5. English] Listen and speak naturally. Learn while you play.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Through daily conversation with native speakers, games, and English picture books, we value the feeling of \"English is fun! through daily conversation with native speakers, games, and English picture books.
We will eliminate any sense of resistance to English and help students acquire basic English skills. Because they are not forced to immerse themselves in English, they will feel familiar with English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Power to grow: Language and Communication (Language and Expression)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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English (Language Classes )<\/a><\/h5>

Students will naturally acquire listening and speaking skills.
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6. Color Education: Deepen understanding of self and others by looking at the movement of the mind.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Through the use of color, we nurture the ability to understand one's own feelings and those of others.
This program naturally nurtures non-cognitive abilities (emotional understanding and empathy) through play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Nurturing Skills: Art, Emotional Intelligence (Sensitivity and Self-Expression)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Iroiku\u00ae<\/a><\/h5>

Color x Output of feelings
\nColor Education is a program that uses color to gently draw out the \"feelings\" that lie deep within children's hearts. It is an educational program that uses picture books, coloring books, cards, and other educational materials to promote the intellectual development of the mind.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Craftsman's STEAM is \"line, not dot\" learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Craftsman offers<\/strong> these programs not in \"pieces\" but in combination along the child's growth axis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

For example...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n