4th Graders Create Toys In A Colonial Maker Space

From the Mahopac school district

Fourth graders at Fulmar Road Elementary School recently made their own toys just like the kids in the colonial era once did.

Teachers Lisa Tornambe and Keri Fredriksen helped their students make the Jacob’s Ladders during a lesson from Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Center for Environmental Education teacher Beth Thompson.

"Twice a year, we get to choose a lesson that the Center for Environmental Education offers to enhance our curriculum," Tornambe said. "The fourth-grade social studies curriculum is focused on history in New York State, so making Jacob's Ladders is a nice match. We wanted our students to make something that children who lived in this region in colonial times would have made."