Tinker Time for your four to six year olds at Bennett Day School!

Come experience the TinkerLab at Bennett Day School on November 1st from 10:00AM – 12:00PM with your four to six year olds! Use your imagination with natural and found materials to build with our breakthrough Makedo kits, cardboard, pegboard, colored tape, and more. Siblings are welcome to attend to observe or play in our indoor play space accompanied…

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Programming Our Learning

Back in December of 2013, Computing in the Core and Code.org sponsored Computer Science Education Week as an effort to inspire K-12 students to take interest in computer science.  Hour of Code became the focal event of the week and was endorsed by some of the world’s most recognized programmers, like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Coding is the process of using programming language…

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Inside the TinkerLab

In our last post, we told you a little about the philosophy behind the Bennett Day School TinkerLabs. This week, we’d like to give you a clearer picture of what these incredible learning spaces offer children and the role they play in the greater learning experience. Modeled after Malaguzzi’s aquarium, these spaces will be full…

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