We’re excited to add our experiences, stories, knowledge, and voice to the ever-growing knowledge base available online. Here are a few of our favorite resources, where you can glean even more insight:

• Digital Promise: This organization works at the intersection of education leaders, researchers, and technology developers to improve learning opportunities for all and close the digital learning gap.

• The Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio: The Tinkering Studio believes that tinkering experiences empower both learners and educators to develop an understanding of science processes and ideas, as well as their own potential as learners. In 2022, they held a multimedia virtual event, Tinkering Together, that explored tinkering, making, and STEAM in early childhood.

• Maker Ed: This organization provides training, support, and resources to individuals, institutions, and communities who are integrating maker education into their learning environments.

• Makers in the Library: This online toolkit provides resources and opportunities to connect with others, centered around the creation and sustainability of community-driven library maker programs.

• Making + Learning: The goal of Making + Learning is to build the capacity of libraries and museums to create and sustain effective makerspaces and related programs for learning.

• Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit: These research-backed resources were created by the Bay Area Discovery Museum for librarians to help families prepare children ages 0 to 8 for success in school and life.

• Tinker Kit: This educator’s guide is designed for museums, libraries, and early childhood settings to increase their capacity to support the optimal development of all children through intentional family-engagement activities.