{ "title": "STEM Adventure Quest with Ellie", "targetAudience": "Kids aged 3-8 years old", "gameplay": { "character": "Ellie", "settings": "Diverse environments", "type": "Educational adventure game with puzzle-solving elements" }, "educationalAspects": { "Building": "Assembling shapes, constructing simple buildings", "Designing": "Blueprints, basic computer coding, programming robots", "Planning": "Construction plans", "ScienceRoles": "Role-playing as a biologist or chemist", "Projects": "Community playground, bridge building, zoo blueprint, assembling a robot" }, "learningAdventures": { "Architect": "Designing and building structures", "Explorer": "Discovering new environments", "Biologist": "Studying living organisms", "Chemist": "Experimenting with chemicals", "Programmer": "Coding puzzles and robot programming", "Engineer": "Solving problems using engineering principles", "Inventor": "Creating gadgets and machines" }, "gameFeatures": { "InteractiveStorylines": true, "EducationalMiniGames": true, "ProgressTracking": true, "ChildFriendlyInterface": true }, "technicalAspects": { "Platform": "Mobile and web-based", "Graphics": "Vibrant and appealing to young children", "Audio": "Engaging sound effects and voiceovers" }, "developmentSteps": { "GameDesignDocument": true, "DevelopmentTeam": true, "AppDevelopment": true, "Testing": true, "LaunchAndMarketing": true, "FeedbackAndUpdates": true } } subject lessons | backpack kids | NYC
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Play adventure program
subject lessons

Our program combines imaginative play and education to help preschoolers understand their world and enjoy learning. Each adventure cycles through the themes and subjects lessons below. This is creative education in the form of play, purposed to enrich a child's play experience and empower them to reach their full potential. Our program teaches children about their environment and exciting world through creative play adventures that immerse them into the subjects in real time. Some subjects are more advanced in order to give a child the freedom and power to be anything they imagine. We keep it preschooler friendly and meet each child where they're at.

About Me

Our program is designed to help preschoolers reach their full potential by taking them on a personal journey through role play and special life-size projects that teach them about themselves, their environment and big world.

All About Me

My Neighborhood

My City

My Map

My Country

My Continent
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Examples of adventures:

About Me poster, All About Me book, My New York City map, and others. 

About Me

Biomes

Weather

Seasons

Ecosystems

Food Chains

Farms (Food Groups)

Grains, vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy & fats

Biomes & their Animal Inhabitants:

desert, forest, grasslands, iceland, rainforest, savannah

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Examples of adventures: Bugs, Environmentalist, Paleontologist, Meteorologist, Landscape Architect, Zoologist

Biomes
Image by Jo Woods

World

Seven Continents:

North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica

Home:

New York City, traffic signs & landmarks
United States of America & the 50 States

Countries, Cultures & History:

Antarctica, Brazil, China, Egypt, England, France, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico

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Examples of adventures: Archaeologist, Entomologist, Environmentalist, Explorer, Paleontologist, Traveler

World
Space
Earth and Space

Space

Astronauts & Rockets

Gravity, Asteroids, Comets & Meteors

Astronomy

Constellations and Nebulas

Planets and Moons:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & dwarf planets

Galaxies

The Milky Way and beyond 

Rovers, Space shuttles & Satellites

The International Space Station

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Examples of adventures: Outer Space, Astronaut, NASA Engineer, Space Meteorologist, Astronomer, Aliens

Oceans
Diving in the Reef

Oceans

Five Oceans:

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, & Southern

Ocean Zones:

Sunlit, Twilight, Midnight

The Arctic/Antarctica: 

Polar regions, arctic animals, sea migration

Sea Creatures:

Coral, fish, whales, sharks, jellyfish, crustaceans, invertebrates, mollusks, polyps, sea anemones, fungi & bacteria

Mariana Trench

Plastic & Pollution

Ships, Submarines & submersibles

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Examples of adventures: Coral Gardener, Fisherman, Marine Biologist, Oceanographer, Scuba Diver, Pirate

STEM
Technology Class

STEM

Develop as scientists, creators, thinkers, problem solvers and inventors

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Building:

Construction, control stations, satellites & more

Designing:

Computer coding, programming & robots

Planning:

Architect & construction

Scientist:

Biologist: living organisms

Chemist: liquids, gas, atoms & molecules

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*This is strictly DRAMATIC PLAY and preschool friendly.

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Examples of adventures: Architect, Biologist, Chemist, Computer Programmer, Engineer, Inventor

Human Body
Image by Mathew Schwartz

Human Body

Five Major Organs:

Brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys

Six Major Organ Systems:

Circulatory, respiratory, digestive, muscular, nervous & skeletal 

Food Groups

Grains, vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy & fats

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Examples of adventures: Doctor, Dentist, Surgeon, Our Skeleton, Human Biologist, Nutritionist

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