• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Nancy Horn
    • Press Mentions
  • Work With Us & Media Kit
    • Contributors
  • Privacy Policy (GDPR)
  • Printable Recipes

The Mama Maven Blog

NYC Mom Lifestyle Blog

  • Featured
  • Travel
  • Recipes
    • School Lunches
    • Recipes
    • Lunches
    • Organic Food
    • Passover
  • Kids
  • Moms
    • Shopping
      • Tech
        • Tech
      • Giveaways
  • Type 1 Diabetes Posts
  • NYC
    • New York Events
      • Queens Events
    • Museums
    • Local Love
  • Beauty
    • Videos
  • Videos

Make: Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities Book Review

09/26/2016 by The Mama Maven

We are big supporters of the Maker movement, so I was delighted when I was sent Make: Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities ($13.38). Start Making! offers ways to engage young people all over the world in Maker-inspired activities. Developed by the Clubhouse Network — a global network of community-based centers led by Boston’s Museum of Science in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab — Start Making! shows you how to spread the love of creativity and science to the young people in your neighborhood.

Make: Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities is the Maker Book for Your Kids | The Mama Maven Blog

Start Making! teaches readers how to plan and coordinate projects at home, at school or in a library, community center, after-school club, or makerspace. Written by Danielle Martin of the Clubhouse Network and Alisha Panjwani of the MIT Media Lab, this book provides strategies for engaging young people in creative thinking, developing individual and team projects, and sharing and reflecting on their creations.

Each session includes: 
A list of needed supplies, step-by-step instructions for completing the projects, and prompts for stimulating discussion, curiosity, and confidence. These fun do-it-yourself (and do-it-together!) projects teach fundamental STEAM concepts — science, technology, engineering, art, and math — while introducing young people to the basics of circuitry, design, coding, crafting, and construction.

Start Making! projects include:

  • Paper cards and creations that light up
  • Using MaKey MaKey and Scratch to make music
  • Making paintings with LEDs
  • Designing and constructing 3D sculptures
  • Building a vibrating art-bot that makes drawings
  • Sew fabric creations with wearable circuits

Dip into the activities once a week, run them as a weeklong school vacation or summer activity, or go through the guide in any way that works for you.

Buy on Amazon.

We were sent a copy of the book for review, no compensation was received. This post contains affiliate links (which helps us keep the lights on). Make: Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities Book Revie

1 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • LinkedIn
  • Yummly
  • Email
  • Print

Filed Under: Books, Featured, Kids, STEM Tagged With: maker movement, Makers

Previous Post: « Butternut Squash and Apple Soup (Instant Pot Recipe & Whole 30 Compliant)
Next Post: Birth Story: Benjamin 9/28/2005 »

Reader Interactions

It’s Been 1 Year Since My Son Was Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes


Image and video hosting by TinyPic
“

Yumble Kids – Healthy Food to Your Door!

Healthy Kids Meals | No Cooking Required

 

Yumble Teal Circle 600x600

Trackbacks

  1. How to Make Brown Basmati Rice in the Instant Pot [VIDEO] says:
    11/19/2019 at 3:04 PM

    […] rice 1 1/4 water 1 tablespoon buttery spread or plant based butter spread Optional: Spray the Instant Pot with a olive oil spray or put a little olive oil on the bottom to prevent […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search This Blog

CONTACT ME

themamamaven@gmail.com

 

Flying With A Child With Type 1 Diabetes


Get a Membership at BJ’s for $25

List of No Carb and Low Carb Snacks


Image and video hosting by TinyPic
”

YUMBLE KIDS: KIDS MEAL DELIVERY SERVICE REVIEW ( + DISCOUNT CODE)



Do you qualify for a free breast pump?

Our Type 1 Diabetes Story


  • zulily Referral Link

    If you aren’t a member of Zulily, use my referral link to sign up: http://www.zulily.com/invite/nhorn329/.


    Great Camp Labels

    Categories

    Lands' End #DearMom

    Get up to 25% off & choose from 20+ fully prepared, healthy kids’ meals each week!

    Get up to 25% off & choose from 20+ fully prepared, healthy kids’ meals each week!

    Amazon Affiliate Program

    Nancy Johnson Horn (The Mama Maven Blog) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

    Footer

    Favorite Instant Pot Recipes

    New York CityPASS

    Causes I support

    Visiting Israel with the JWRP #MediaMagnets


    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    “


    Image and video hosting by TinyPic"

    Copyright © 2023 The Mama Maven · Development by Tech·mom·o·gy Designs™.

    1 shares