Bin 2: Cardboard Makedo
Cardboard “Makedo” is a series of safe cardboard construction tools purposely designed for kids to imagine and build the world they want to see. Makedo cultivates hands-on learning, nurtures STEM comprehension, problem-solving, and stimulates creativity, imagination, and collaboration. Makedo tools are custom-designed to be safe and easy to use, allowing kids to have fun independently. Recommended for children age 3+.
Early Learning Standards Met:
North Dakota - Perceptual, Motor, Physical Development, Creative Arts, Social, and Emotional Development.
Minnesota - Creativity and the Arts, Social and Emotional Development, and Approaches to Learning.
Do Together
Ideas for how to use this bin:
The possibilities are endless! (Check out the Makedo Pinterest page!) Work alone or with others to make a cardboard:
- Guitar
- Ping pong ball/marble run
- Tiny house
- Dinosaur costume
- Animal mask
- Toolbox
Watch or Play Together
Use this media connection to spark interest, model skills and approaches, or explore a concept:
- Kid Designer: A Comfortable Cardboard Chair (Video 2:53)
- Building a Beaver Pond, Wild Kratts (Video 1:49)
- Word of the Week: Construct, Dot’s Spot (Video 0:15)
Talk and Wonder Together
Maximize learning using these prompts during or after the activities:
- What are you making? How did you design it? What do you like about it?
- How could we connect these pieces together?
- What challenges are you having? How can you solve them? What are other ways you could approach this? What else could you build?
- How do you think that building/chair/toy was built? How would you build it differently?
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