Preschool makerspace

Find out about my biggest challenge with a classroom makerspace, a place where children work on projects using the engineer design process.

Setting up a tray of "things that spin" is an inviting activity young children. Your prekinders will be drawn like magnets to the science center! To set

A Kindergarten through 2nd grade teaching blog.

There are so many ways to approach self-portraits with children: observation, inspired by a particular artist, symbols of interests and activities, the list goes on. This time, I wanted to create an engaging, multi media

Teaching science in a play based classroom is one of the easiest things you will ever do as a classroom teacher. In this blog post you will discover how play based learning and science education go hand-in-hand. I’ll share heaps of photos and ideas you can use in your classroom to teach science through play and learning provocations.

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…

I'm sure we've all read a lot about using stations or centers in the Art room. I don't use them regularly, but I do utilize them at least a few times a year. I used stations last week with some of my 3rd grade students. I wanted the students to type artist statements for their first projects into Artsonia so while one student at a time was doing that, the others were rotating to different stations. I wanted to come up with stations that did not involve drawing, just for something different…

After receiving criticism that my space was not a "real makerspace", I decided to draft my own definition & take a look at how research defines makerspaces.