Maker Space Launches Workshops in Lewisboro

MKR Lab announced several workshops for May and June to introduce students in grades K-12 to electricity and circuits, soldering, and more STEAM fields. The new business hopes to build a maker space once it completes the zoning process and can occupy its own space in Lewisboro. In the meantime, MKR LAB is offering classes at the new DayDreamer Studio in the Yellow Monkey Village in Cross River.

“We were inspired to create what we couldn’t find ourselves for our own three kids,” said Sarah Landis, co-founder of MKR Lab and chief maker. “We have seen first-hand how empowering it is for students to create their own projects, and the more input they have in the design process the more engaged the students become.”

“We want to teach kids coding and electronics from the ground up without relying on a kit or pandering to them,” said Clark Landis, co-founder and chief technology officer.

The maker movement has been spreading worldwide since the launch of Make Magazine in 2005 and the first MakerFaire in 2008. Maker spaces are places where people come together to learn, tinker, and create with both physical materials and digital tools while encompassing many STEAM elements.

MKR LAB also will delve into concepts in physics, engineering, architecture, graphic design, web design, and more. While robotics and coding classes involve some screen-time, many classes will have no screens and be very hands-on. When students do use computers, they will have a group experience and use smaller monitors so they can see and engage with each other.