Our library makerspace has been blessed with many items from grants. I use the same basic information and just ask for different things that I think the kids would enjoy using. It does not take much time at all and the donations arrive fairly quickly. Our makerspace started with some Legos that I won at a librarian PLC meeting, some Play Doh that I bought on sale at Walmart, some drawing books, some origami books, and some Lincoln Logs. Today, all but the Play Doh (too yucky!!) is still in the rotation.
I was so excited to stop by our administration building to pick up two big boxes of our latest donations. I won a grant from the Garland Education Foundation. I have been entering and winning this grant for about 8 years now. They make it so easy and are great to work with. Check it out cowboys...all of this will be making an appearance during makerspace time soon!
First up, we have more duct tape. The students love making different projects such as wallets or flowers with the duct tape. It has been flying out of the makerspace area. We will have to come up with a good system of making this selection last a while.
These Fashion Plates are going to be great for the students to use as they learn about design principles. We have art at our school so the students are familiar with shading and color theory.
The childhood favorite is back in a reusable format. Students can make pictures with the pegs and then just take them out without messing up the background page.
I have been trying to get our library some kinetic sand for a while. I made sure to get some with a deep tray because I heard it can be a little messy.
Students will be able to design their own Shrinky Dinks or use the templates we got.
Another childhood favorite, the Spirograph lets students be creative using angles and shapes.
I have also been wanting to get one of these Code and Go Robot Mouse kits for our library for a long time because they are so fun! I think especially the younger students will enjoy learning how to code in a hands-on manner.
Soon I will be able to share with you some of the amazing things students will create using these items. I cannot wait to see how excited the kids are to try everything.
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