First-grader Piper Schrock puts together an electronic circuit in Plain City Elementary’s former library, now known as the maker space.
(Posted Oct. 16, 2019)
By Kristy Zurbrick, Madison Editor
Plain City Elementary’s library has a new name, look and purpose.
Now known as the “maker space,” the room is stocked with electronic circuit-making kits, magnetic building tiles, Lite Brites, bins of LEGOs, a horizontal touchscreen the size of a kitchen table, and more. The set-up encourages students to explore ideas, get creative and develop problem-solving skills through hands-on activities. Several tables, their legs cut down so that children can sit on the floor, provide workspace.
The books are still there, but instead of being the room’s primary focus, they are presented as one of the space’s many stations for learning and…
