Webinar: Implementing an Elementary Makerspace

Why should you create a makerspace in an elementary school? What equipment and activities should you use? What themes work well in a makerspace? Three experienced makerspace educators and three experts from Pitsco discuss these and other questions about this student-centered learning space.

Watch how to use movement TagTiles™ to make routes for KUBO to follow.

Watch how to use loops and parameters for KUBO to repeat a sequence more than once.

Watch how to use subroutines, a function within a function, for KUBO.

KUBO is a new multi-award winning classroom solution that breaks down barriers to teaching technology to children as young as four years old. Designed like a puzzle, KUBO’s groundbreaking TagTile™ programming language is tangible, intuitive, and completely screen free — making it easy for teachers to adopt it and offer younger students a social and hands-on opportunity to learn basic coding concepts and essential 21st-century skills during early childhood development. Watch just how easy it is to get started! You'll be up and running in just minutes!

Watch and learn how to use the TagTiles to create recursive functions which tell KUBO to repeat a sequence indefinitely.

Hear from the students, teachers, and administrators from the Nightingale school, in the greater London area, as they share their KUBO experience. Discover how KUBO has offered their young learners a collaborative, creative approach to exploring coding in a hands-on, screen-free way.

Watch how to use function TagTiles™ for KUBO to remember a route.

The Bee-Bot® and Blue-Bot® programmable floor robots are the perfect place to start when teaching children the basics of control, algorithms, and programming. With a wide range of cross-curricular mats and activity tins to program with and fun accessories to personalize, Bee-Bot® is the must-have programming resource for ages 3-7.

Operation Breakthrough is a nationally accredited nonprofit that has served Kansas City since 1971. They are mission driven to provide hands-on learning experiences with supportive teacher interactions. From the earliest ages, students are offered a range of activities and focuses. Each new chance can spark curiosity and interest in fields they might not have otherwise considered. The classrooms are safe places to experiment, fail, and try again. Students are encouraged and coached. By using developmentally appropriate products like Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot, students are building mindset, skill set, and opportunity with each experience. From its inception to present day, Operation Breakthrough continues to break down barriers and champion kids. Their community partnerships and focused work provide enriching, high-quality STEM experiences early in life, giving all children the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Bring K-2 literacy lessons to life using Pitsco’s read-aloud STEM packs, developed in collaboration with educator duo Carly & Adam. Use each 10-pack’s activity guide and materials to do creativity and engineering challenges inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, or How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk.

KUBO enables educators to introduce computer science in a fun and engaging way so students can learn to become creators, innovators, and designers of future technologies. Educators can customize their classroom experience with hands-on and digital KUBO solutions that can be used on their own or combined for blended learning.