MAKER Parents

Resources for Parents to Promote & Guide Creative Fabrication at Home

Parents, thank you for continuing to build and encourage your child's creativity from home, whether your child is learning remotely, looking for a rainy day project, or just seeking general enrichment. We know you are wearing several hats at once right now, and we want to make the search for creative, safe, and fun building activities for your children as easy as possible. We hope the maker challenges on our site will provide a captivating and worthwhile opportunity for your students to continue the maker and fabrication work they are familiar with in our Hawken Makerspaces. If you are looking for additional books, resources, and materials, we've created this page as a guide for you.

For more information about the Innovation Lab, please see this FAQ Document.

Maker Books


Great maker-empowerment books for kidsvisit our Amazon.com Book list link

Books for Kids

Check out our Amazon Book List for kids: http://a.co/hy8LRtv


Books for Parents

  • Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, by Chris Anderson

  • Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Martinez, Sylvia Libow., and Gary Stager. Torrance, CA: Constructing Modern Knowledge P, 2013.

  • Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators [Paperback] Margaret Honey (Editor), David E. Kanter (Editor)

  • Fab: The coming revolution on your desktop–from personal computers to personal fabrication. Gershenfeld, Neil A. ,New York: Basic Books, 2005.

Supplies

A list of go-to Maker supplies

Consumable Supplies we like to collect for creative crafting and MAKING.


Buttons (all shapes and sizes)Clothes pinsYarn, RibbonFabric scraps, FeltWood blocks/scrap woodWooden craft sticksDowel rodsRandom Bolts, Nuts, ScrewsPainters tapePaintbrushes, Foam BrushesBrass fastenersDuct tapePlastic caps (clean)Bubble wrapHardware scraps (hinges, L-brackets, metal brackets)New hardware (screws, nails, nuts, bolts)Old CD’s /DVD’sDrinking straws (unused)
Corks, Bottle capsToilet paper/towel rollsButton batteriesMarbles, steel ballsLarge BeadsPaper clips, binder clips, fastenersRubber bandsPipe cleanersElectronic ButtonsLED lightsSmall motors (robotics)Speaker wire, thin wireAlligator clipsConductive threadGears, cogs, clocksVelcro

Tools we could always use in the Lab

Hot glue guns, Glue SticksPencils, SharpiesRulers, triangles, protractorsScissors, Exacto knivesMod podgeGogglesWire cutter

BreakerSpace

Items we like to collect to disassembleAnything without a rechargeable battery or a screen, such as:
Keyboards, mice, headphones, speakersBroken toysElectric Motors, blowersTelephonesClocks (digital and analog)

STEM-Based

STEM-Based Resource Bank

Apps

iPad Apps that allow you to create, hack, make and learn

Coming Soon...

Amazing Educational Resources

Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings (Updated).

http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

What about safety?

Please utilize this slideshow of safety guidelines from our Innovation Lab as you set up structures for safe making in your own home.

Each project and activity in the Innovation Lab will be unique and have its own needs in terms of equipment and materials; from paper and tape to machines and saws. Our Lab Director and teachers will consider each activity’s needs with the age and readiness of the students in mind. As spaces are used by a student or classroom group, orientation to general safety and safety equipment will be reviewed before any activity begins. Use of any equipment will always be at the Lab Director’s discretion. Some areas of the Lab will require safety equipment upon entering (i.e. safety glasses) and our faculty will advise students of these spaces and check appropriate preparation.

SAFETY CARDS