Little Compton Makers is a community collaboration serving the citizens of Little Compton, RI, and the surrounding communities, which aims to offer maker-centered learning programs and experiences in order to engage young people in S.T.E.A.M. We want to assist children and youth, in developing competence regarding technology and common household tools, in realizing their responsibility to their co
mmunity and the world and in gaining 21st century skills to shape their futures as global citizens and agents of change. What we believe: In schools, the freedom for teachers to diverge from curriculum in order to follow student driven interests has been lost. We are a group of parents, teachers, and community members who strongly believe that ownership of an idea and self driven projects that suit student needs, interests and styles fosters personal empowerment and lead learners to exceed all expectations! We believe making helps learners develop a sense of agency; teaching them to take control over their life, be more active and responsible for their own learning and understand they have the power to create and inspire changes in their communities and around the world. We also believe making fosters an ethic of environmentalism placing value on reducing, reusing, recycling and repurposing. What we do: LC Makers offers programs to introduce children from grades K-8 to hands-on S.T.E.A.M. Our activities encourage children and youth to be free thinkers and creators and to use the design process to think through problems to reach solutions. Students have opportunities to learn through direct experience, innovation and through fabrication learn safe use of common household tools and D.I.Y.
