ATLANTA, GA, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChildCare Education Institute® (CCEI), an online child care training provider dedicated exclusively to the early care and education workforce, is proud to introduce CUR130: Makerspaces: Fostering a Maker Mindset in Young Children to the online child care training course catalog.
Makerspaces and the Maker Movement have been taking the education world by storm in recent years. Maker education fuses the best parts of “DIY” (do-it-yourself) projects, arts and crafts, engineering, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education to encourage children to learn valuable content and skills through hands-on creating. Early childhood educators must understand the value of introducing making and makerspaces to their students, both short and long term. Educators should be aware of the skills and concepts (both cognitive and…