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STEMIE Family Hotline

STEMIE Family Hotline

By: BRIDGE Multimedia
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Your direct line to stress-free STEM learning. When parenting questions call, The STEMIE Family Hotline answers! Listen in as the Diaz family gets real-time support from STEM experts, turning everyday activities from grocery shopping to bedtime into learning opportunities with their 9-month-old. Because the truth is, everyone is a scientist and everywhere is a laboratory.

New episodes twice weekly, 15-20 minutes.

STEMIE FPG Institute 2025
Episodes
  • Rebooting Bedtime with Computational Thinking

    Rebooting Bedtime with Computational Thinking
    Nov 21 2025

    Make bedtime routines work better for your family with this practical approach! Listen in as the STEMIE Family Hotline helps Nicole and Eddy improve their chaotic bedtime routine using computational thinking principles that create more predictable evenings. Dr. Toni Miguel, a mother of children with disabilities and an early childhood special education expert, shares research-proven strategies for creating routines that reduce some of those nightly struggles.

    WEBSITE: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/

    RESOURCES: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resources/

    PERSONAL BLOG: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/blogs/

    NEWSLETTER: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resource/stemie-monthly-enewsletters/

    GUEST: Dr. Toni Miguel: https://www.eita-pa.org/

    BRIDGE MULTIMEDIA: https://bridgemultimedia.com/
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    24 mins
  • Splashing into Physics at Bathtime

    Splashing into Physics at Bathtime
    Nov 18 2025

    Turn bath time battles into something you actually look forward to! Experience Eddy's transformation from bath time dread to science teacher as the STEMIE Family Hotline guides him through using everyday toys and water play as engaging physics lessons. Dr. Sarah Pedonti, early childhood special education expert and parent of a child with disabilities, joins the call to explain the developmental science behind water play and shares why simple materials often work better than expensive educational toys.

    WEBSITE: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/

    RESOURCES: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resources/

    PERSONAL BLOG: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/blogs/

    NEWSLETTER: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resource/stemie-monthly-enewsletters/

    GUEST: Dr. Sarah Pedonti: https://www.wcu.edu/faculty/spedonti.aspx

    BRIDGE MULTIMEDIA: https://bridgemultimedia.com/
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    18 mins
  • Swinging into Physics at the Playground

    Swinging into Physics at the Playground
    Nov 14 2025

    Make STEM learning as fun for your child as playground slides and swings! Join the Diaz family's playground adventure as the STEMIE Family Hotline helps Nicole and Eddy turn slides and swings into meaningful physics experiments, providing real-time coaching on what to say. Adaptation expert Tamara Morgan shares practical adaptations for children with disabilities and reveals why outdoor play is crucial for developing scientific thinking in the early years.

    WEBSITE: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/

    RESOURCES: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resources/

    PERSONAL BLOG: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/blogs/

    NEWSLETTER: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/resource/stemie-monthly-enewsletters/

    GUEST: Tamara Morgan & Adaptive Design: https://www.adaptivedesign.org/aboutus

    BRIDGE MULTIMEDIA: https://bridgemultimedia.com/
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    20 mins
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