Kids with big ideas crave opportunities to build, experiment, take creative risks and purposefully play – but rarely get to make “stuff”  in school-time settings that satisfies them.  Most of these opportunities happens during uppermost grades, as electives – and we believe that’s far too late. The power of tinkering – a child’s natural state of brainstorming, designing, making, fixing and problem solving – isn’t bound by convention, need or purpose.  What and how we teach draws upon discovery – a core value of traditional craft, contemporary design and futuristic digital fabrication. Explore our curriculum with your child – Woodworking, Tinkering, Digital Fabrication, Physical Computing, Sewing, Electricity, and Family Workshops –  and see what lights up their brain bulb!

She won’t be able to drive a nail with a game controller.

He can’t swipe and tap on a 2 x 4, and expect it to cut itself.

There’s no undo button for things that break.

We’ve heard the concerns that practical skills – driving a nail, cutting a board, fixing a loose hinge – aren’t being taught early enough. FutureMakers bridges that gap. Self-determination, independence, problem solving and confidence – qualities that underpin a maker’s character – emerges when a young person completes a project that uses their hands, heads and hearts.