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Public Elementary School Takes on Constructivist Approach

Public Elementary School Takes on Constructivist Approach

by | Jun 20, 2018 | Blog

P.H. Miller Elementary School, a diverse Pre-K through 1st grade school in Plano, IL, is making big changes. The school’s principal, Laurel Mateyka, has engaged the teachers in reflective practice. They are looking at how their philosophy shapes the school environment...
Maker Week: Bring the Maker Mindset into Your Classroom

Maker Week: Bring the Maker Mindset into Your Classroom

by | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog

mak·er·space a place in which people with shared interests can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and knowledge. Spaces for making, tinkering, and exploring passions and interests are nothing new to an early childhood classroom. Makerspaces...
Maker Week: A Maker Story

Maker Week: A Maker Story

by | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog

A Maker Story: The Giant Squid To kick off National Maker Week, we wanted to share a story about a maker moment that happened right here at Kodo headquarters. Often young children jump right into making. They don’t stop to make a plan or a drawing but rather they let...

Honoring Children’s Work: Respecting the Building Process

by | May 25, 2018 | Blog

How can we honor children’s works in the construction area? Our last blog focused on how we can create storage solutions that promote autonomy and communicate value around the process for children’s work. This week, we continue with that lens but in a different area...