Learning Through Play Circa. 1917!
You may be familiar with the Lego Education concept of “Learning Through Play” But I bet you didn’t know the concept dates back to 1917! According to Edgar James Swift […]
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Embracing Our Inner Makers!
According to Nick Schiner “Maker Learning is Powerful Learning. When learners engage in design experiences that are personal and accessible, authentic and challenging, collaborative and connected, and inquisitive and reflective, […]
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FAB Foundation Teachers Studio
The Fab Foundation emerged from MIT’s Center for Bits & Atoms Fab Lab Program with a mission to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to […]
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Summer Fun @ Family Maker Camp!
According to founder Dale Dougherty, Family Maker Camp encourages making and hands-on learning at home. Making is fun and engaging for kids as well as adults. What is making? It […]
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Cardboard Projects to Make at Home
Building with cardboard is a great way to teach your kids problem solving and thanks to the Instructables web site there are some easy to reproduce at home projects that […]
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HomeSchool STEAM: Art Projects
Keep kids engaged AND learning with this collection of fun art and music projects at the Instructables web site. Every project uses materials commonly found at home, so they’re great […]
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Homeschool STEAM: Engineering Projects
Build it, launch it, balance it, race it and more with this collection of kid-friendly engineering projects on The Instructables web site. Instructables is a community site that features over […]
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LGA Makerspace Featured in Hampshire Gazette
The LGA Makerspace is making news in Hampshire County. An article titled “A Space to Create: Lander-Grinspoon Academy opens new makerspace for students” was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette […]
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LGA Maker Space Construction Underway!
The end of the 2018-19 school marked the beginning of something new at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, Massachusetts. Thanks to funding from the David Lear Sulman Fund construction has […]
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LGA Cardboard Sled Design Challenge!
When the winter weather doesn’t cooperate, do what they do in Hollywood, Go with the Green Screen! That’s what a group of Kindergarten and 6th Grade students at the Lander-Grinspoon […]
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