12 Sleighs is a good #Maker book because it is about the elves making 12 prototypes of a new sleigh for Santa. This is great for some new tool skills, design process, collaboration (always a learning process).
The more stuff they get to make, they better they are at making.
I went to Linton Stockton to do a prototyping session with 2 classes of 2nd graders.
First they have to draw some ideas, then use cardboard as a main material. We also have available a variety of craft supplies (straws, pipe cleaners, pom poms, buttons, cotton balls, yarn, thin foam, crayons, markers). It is the first time using cardboard tools (ZipSnips, cardboard scissors, canary knives) and for some the first time using hot/cool glue guns. Of course I also added LED’s to the mix.
You think 1.5 hours is enough time to build something…. but it is tough to get a prototype completed in that time (the first 10 minutes were “here is what you are doing and here are the tools & safety”
Next up is some 4th graders at McCormick’s Creek Elementary
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