Creating a Classroom Makerspace

2014 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
After School ◽  
Career Interests ◽  
School Program ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Physical Spaces

Teachers have recently begun to bring makerspaces — traditionally community-operated physical spaces where people create do-it-yourself projects together — into the classroom. The author tells how she started an after-school program for fifth-grade girls at her former elementary school. By taking part in makerspaces, students learn by doing, develop confidence, and might discover career interests.

scholarly journals Building Family Partnerships in a Catholic School by Connecting After-School and Home with Mathematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-169
Author(s):  
Bilge Cerezci ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Catholic School ◽  
After School ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
School Program ◽  
Urban Neighborhood ◽  
Mathematical Development ◽  
Family Partnerships ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Mathematics Program

Parents need guidance, support, and motivation to learn how to support their young children’s mathematical development in ways that are more foundational and effective. The In Addition Afterschool Mathematics Program serves 24 students in grades 3, 4, and 5 and their parents in an urban neighborhood at a Catholic elementary school. In the In Addition Afterschool Mathematics Program, we see families as partners and build our after-school program around supporting mathematics thinking and discoveries by engaging the whole family.

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