West Chester University graduate Phaedra Brown has taken matters into her own hands.

After teaching science subjects to middle and high school kids, she realized that some fundamental knowledge was missing, according to a staff report from CBS News.

“It’s too overwhelming when you’re already lacking,” said Brown. “The only way to solve this problem is to put in what hasn’t been put in — earlier.”

To do this, Brown founded the Hope Institute of Science for Girls in Philadelphia to engage preschool girls in STEM topics at the very start of their educational journeys. The institute has already become part of a growing movement to proactively engage girls in STEM, and Brown has also started a crowdfunding page to help finance the institute.

The Hope Institute of Science for Girls currently has nine students, ages 1-4. The program is focused on exposing the toddlers to STEM in age-appropriate ways. In a recent lesson on anatomy, the young students learned about ribs, clavicles, and mandibles.

“When I tell them to move their mandible, they’re excited that they even know what a mandible is,” said Brown.

Read more about Brown’s institute at CBS News here.