Maker space kindergarten

Librarian Chad Lehman shares what to buy to equip an amazing maker space. He also talks about the challenges and opportunities of having a maker space.

It’s not just another classroom with neutral colours, stones, and baskets. We live in Muskoka and our environment as the third teacher reflects our culture of living and how we encourage chil…

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This post has been a while in the making from concept to completion it takes months and months to plan out my teaching space....and let's face it is it every really complete? My classroom grows and changes throughout the year I feel like it is an extension of my teaching changing and morphing into something new with each lesson I teach. I want to welcome you to my teaching space. I am a third grade teacher in a school in Tallahassee, Florida. We are a neighborhood school with close to 900…

Follow these detailed steps to set up your own hands-on Makerspace, Collage Area, Creation Station or Box Construction learning area in your early years learning environment. This investigation area is an essential part of any play-based classroom.

I wanted my kids to make snowmen this year, but I wanted to change it up a little bit. So, we used our Maker Space to create them. It was a GREAT project. The kids loved it and we were proud of our results. This is the little maker space in my classroom... You can read lots more about how I set it up and get other project ideas here: Maker Space in Kindergarten I truly believe that the use of materials and problem solving involved during art projects make them sooooo valuable in the young…

Interested in setting up a makerspace?! Congratulations on taking the first step by doing some research. If a makerspace is properly set up and introduced, it can be a great tool for igniting student imagination and curiosity as well as building classroom community. The following are fou

In this blog post from Modern Teaching Aids, we introduce the concept of Makerspace, outline the benefits and suggest ideas to set up a Makerspace in your school.

Create a Maker Space for Kids: A personal maker space is just an area that facilitates creating. In my experience working with kids since 2011, this requires 5 things: Enough space The right tools The right materials Organization Inspiration Every kid and every home h…