We've hosted two Maker Mondays so far - one for 5th and one for 4th. I kept it very unstructured. I put out Cubelets, Snap Circuits, Little Bits, Ollies and iPads, and Zoob STEM challenge kits. The only thing I had to monitor was the Ollie usage, because the kids did NOT want to stop playing with them. I had hopes of getting the kids to use the Tynker app to program their Ollies, but they quickly figured out how to override the coding and get to the controls.
The kids arrived as soon as school let out (around 2:45) and stayed for an hour exploring all of the Maker Space activities laid out. I am happy that I used the Eventbrite app to allow parents to purchase free tickets for the event. I just printed out the list of attendees and checked them off. Easy-peasy! They're already asking me when the next Maker Monday is...SUCCESS!
The kids arrived as soon as school let out (around 2:45) and stayed for an hour exploring all of the Maker Space activities laid out. I am happy that I used the Eventbrite app to allow parents to purchase free tickets for the event. I just printed out the list of attendees and checked them off. Easy-peasy! They're already asking me when the next Maker Monday is...SUCCESS!