After many months of RE: thinking, playing, inventing, configuring the Tinkering Project VT. has officially launched! We are a registered non-profit corporation with a board of directors, by-laws, and strategic plan. Thank you to all who supported the concept and encouraged us to move forward, and make a long coveted dream a reality. There is exciting work and learning ahead ~ for everyone involved!
Our
goal, of course is to wonder, tinker, re-invent with
recycled, open-ended and natural materials, but another
is to tinker with ideas........ as professionals who work with
children in multiple contexts; as citizens who want to think creatively about
new ways of being; as children who want to tinker and play to make sense of
their world.
Status Update
We
have some projects in the works:
~
consulting with teachers to rethink their classroom environments
~
preK professional development sessions related to emergent curriculum
~setting
up a Re:source studio space in a public school
as
well as grant writing….forever......
a few Inspirational Sources:
some of our Needs:
*let us know if you have any connections to materials (clean, safe, open-ended); we'll pick them up!
*we are itinerant right now, but are actively seeking some ideal space to showcase and share our materials and ideas (bartering for materials, professional development is appealing)....do you know a business, school or church with some extra space?
*we are itinerant right now, but are actively seeking some ideal space to showcase and share our materials and ideas (bartering for materials, professional development is appealing)....do you know a business, school or church with some extra space?
*please SHARE:
your stories, materials, quotes, questions, images of children, families, the community engaged in tinkering. Please visit us on FACEBOOK!
p.s. if this is the first time you're visiting the blog please scroll down and become inspired!
