With excited eyes, Signal Hill Elementary School students screen printed bright yellow and vibrant magenta across cotton and linen. Smiles lit up with the magic of screen printing, and students shook with unbridled enthusiasm as they held up their self-made shirts and bags.
Over the last several years, makerspaces in school libraries- elementary to college, have become prevalent. They are one way to introduce students to equipment they may not otherwise experience.
This year, Rebecca Baughman, school librarian, purchased a Cricut for the library and some of the students were amazed.
“Makerspaces don’t have to be all about technology,” shared Baughman. “I added a few low-tech items like board games and sticker books this well as year.”
“The children all came back very excited about the bags and the message on the bags,” said Christina Atkinson, a…
