The children have been working with a variety of materials, tools and technologies that promote creative and critical thinking.  They were encouraged to generate ideas, make a product, and solve problems in their design by incorporating new ideas.  They learned to persevere when something doesn’t work and be flexible enough to try different ways of doing things. They also practiced how to work effectively in a group; work respectfully and constructively with others. 

These were the challenges presented to the children;

• Keva Blocks – create a structure by stacking wood planks using no glue or connectors
• Snap Circuits – build a variety of circuits that do something like turn on a light or run a fan
• Coding Safari – learn the fundamentals of coding through this animal themed logic game
• Lego – build, un-build, rebuild, thereby creating new things and new ways of thinking
• Marble works – create a structure that uses chain reactions to move a marble through chutes
• Chatter Pix – use oral language skills to create a picture that talks
• Bee Bots – program the little robot to move in many directions  (a pre-cursor to coding)