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Tinkering with Club TinkerLab

By Rachelle 1 Comment

Club TinkerLab, a closed Facebook group to discuss inventing, tinkering, educating, and engineering for kids.

When my book launched in June 2014, I quietly started a Facebook group called Club TinkerLab, an online tinkering club for people who are interested in making, inventing, tinkering, crafting, and engineering with kids. 

Since June, I’ve shared this tinkering club with my newsletter subscribers and Facebook friends, and today I wanted to give this special club a shout-out on my blog.

Join Club TinkerLab - an online tinkering club for people who are interested in making, inventing, tinkering, educating, and engineering with kids.

What is Club TinkerLab?

Club TinkerLab is a closed Facebook group where making, inventing, educating, and engineering intersect. It’s essentially a forum, in the shape of Facebook group.

It’s a place to share STEM + STEAM inspiration, lesson plans, home-based projects, or creative inspiration. We have close to 2000 members who come from all walks of life. The group is friendly and supportive, and will often save the day when you hit a tinkering wall.

What kind of ideas are shared?

Some recent posts include

Rube Goldberg-style chain reactions

Different ideas for upcycling household materials

a STEAM workshops for teachers

How to grow crystals

Straw rockets

If you spend a bit of time on Facebook, and would like to join a community that shares ideas like this, it should feel like home to you!

Who is Club TinkerLab for?

Parents, teachers, homeschoolers, librarians, grandparents, and anyone interested in setting the stage for creativity for children.

Who are the Moderators?

Anne from Left Brain Craft Brain

Ana from Babble Dabble Do

Melissa from The Chocolate Muffin Tree

MaryAnn from Mama Smiles – Joyful Parenting 

Marnie from Carrots are Orange

Megan from The Art Pantry

Dayna from Lemon Lime Adventures

Meri from Meri Cherry Blog

What is Tinkering?

I bet you’ll enjoy this post!

Join Club TinkerLab: an online tinkering club for people who are interested in making, inventing, tinkering, educating, and engineering with kids.

Where can I find Club TinkerLab?

Here’s a link! Simply ask to join the group and you’ll be accepted shortly.

Want more? You might also enjoy our series of posts that share an inside look into Tinkering Spaces.

 

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Filed Under: Art Activities, Tinker

Comments

  1. Megan @ The Art Pantry says

    April 1, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    So excited to be a moderator for this awesome group. Thanks, Rachelle, for all of your hard work to keep the discussions going.

    Reply

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