"A makerspace is a place where students can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials."

Over the past two years, we have laid the groundwork for the creation of a place where teachers and students could discover new ways of learning.  At Briarcliff,  have already ventured into Hex Bug Traps, Canes Arcade for grades 3-5, explored insects, programmed the Dash robot, maneuvered tangrams with the Osmo and learned about Watts Towers.

There are some basic supplies that we could use to stock our Makerspace and most items are from the Dollar Store or your child may have outgrown their old Legos, Kinnex, etc.

Below is a wish list that we put together to start stocking our space.

Materials To Buy:

New Playdough

Modeling Clay

Glue sticks

Glue

Index cards

Yarn

Clothes pins

Coffee filters

Pipe cleaners

Tooth picks

Glue

Scissors

Paper cups

Sticky notes 

Glue guns 

Glue sticks  

 Gently used or new items needed:

Legos

Ticker Toys

Kinnex

Littlebits

Craft books like origami