The Loose Parts Library
/Utilizing loose parts in our learning community helps support the planet. We give new life to unwanted materials. Materials that end up becoming the medium for children’s creativity and learning.
Read MoreUtilizing loose parts in our learning community helps support the planet. We give new life to unwanted materials. Materials that end up becoming the medium for children’s creativity and learning.
Read MoreAn interest in flight inspired our learning community to find new ways to create planes without paper. What did we discover? How can our discoveries during the learning journey help your practice grow and thrive?
Read MoreThe ethos of the maker movement aligns well with constructivist practices. Children in maker spaces are invited to create something from the available materials and to experiment, construct, and iterate, as the work becomes the vehicle for learning.
Read MoreToday, echoes of shop class show up in maker spaces that are a popular inclusion into schools and early childhood programs. The spaces are provided so children can create and explore their wonderings by creating prototypes of machines, architecture and science projects.
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