General information and links

Maker activities for young children

Make it at your library

Mini-maker activities

Pinterest: makerspaces for elementary schools

Reports and research papers on making/makerspaces with young children

Makerspaces in the early years: a literature review (PDF, 2.4MB)

Makerspaces in the early years: current perceptions and practices of early years practitioners, library and museum educators and makerspace staff (PDF, 654KB)

Maker literacies and maker citizenship in the MakEY project

Challenging makerspaces

Maker Resources / Support

Maker materials

Kitronik

Pimoroni

3D printers and support

Create Education

Early years coding/STEM/STEAM kits

Cubetto

Dash and Dot

LEGO STEAM Park and Coding Express

OZbot

Useful apps

Green Screen by Do Ink

iMotion

Twinkl Augmented Reality apps

Qclone

Useful guidance on makerspaces

UK Libraries Taskforce – guidance on makerspaces

Making a makerspace? Guidance for accessibility and universal design (University of Washington)

Making + Learning (Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and the Institute of Museum and Library Services)

Build a makerspace for young people: FutureLearn online course