ABSTRACT
The maker movement and makerspaces in formal educational contexts, specifically for young children, are relatively new undertakings. The Maker Movement has captured the attention of formal schooling resulting in the development of makerspaces, curricula, and other activities that provide children with opportunities to engage in design, critical thinking, and problem solving processes. The Maker Movement, broadly, refers to “the growing number of people who are engaged in creative production of artifacts in their daily lives and who find physical and digital forums to share their processes and products with others”. Makers are described as tinkerers, who use varieties of materials and tools to figure out how things work or to solve problems. Tinkering comes from the French word Bricolage. Bricolage is a word based on the verb bricoler, which means, “to tinker.” The acronym STEM is used to describe the interconnectedness between content area subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
