While starting a maker space in your classroom, school library, or homeschool area can be an overwhelming task, you can breathe a little more comfortable knowing that the maker mindset community encourages you to approach making in your own way with a focus on new things and new skills.

Makerspaces encourage creative thinking, taking risks, different ways of doing things, project-based learning, and learning from failure for young people.

Organizing and labeling a makerspace can be an intimidating task for classroom teachers or media specialists in school libraries.

But it doesn't have to be! Whether you're starting school makerspaces in a school library or in the classroom, if you're part of the growing maker movement, you can make the most of your maker space with the right organization and labels. With a little effort, it's easy to turn your space into a creative hub that's ready for all sorts of tinkering and exploration. So grab your supplies, and let's get started!

Makerspaces don’t have to be in a Media Center or school library. School makerspaces are also great in a classroom, whether that is a traditional space or a homeschool classroom for young people. Since a Makerspace is merely a place to create, build, wonder, and discover, it can be just about ANYWHERE! That’s the good news. So in this week’s post, I want to show you five Fundamental Ways to Launching A Sensational Makerspace that focuses on creative thinking in different ways and the maker mindset.

Makerspace and the maker movement is a rapidly growing trend in schools across the country, and it is taking education by storm with new things and new skills.

Most Makerspaces can exist in the school library or in spaces designed for school makerspaces. However, I don’t feel it should be limited to these areas in a school. Although I think maker space is awesome in the Media Center, but why not have one in every classroom?

It is no secret that the current state of education is in crisis.

No matter who is looking. Teachers, administrators, parents, and Politicians. We are at an all-time low in our education programs. Teacher shortages are becoming a national crisis. The depression and anxiety rate in children has risen in the past 2 decades beyond what we could have ever imagined. There are Opt-Out movements taking place across the country. Parents are finally becoming aware and are not okay with what we are doing. But the change is slow. Will we be in time to repair the damage already done?

So, How Do You Prepare for the Unexpected?

Or even better, how do you have a stash of plans filed in your sub folder for that just-in-case moment or next time when you decide that today is the perfect day to go to the beach? (Because we all need mental health days every now and then!)