Vestavia Voice – Grace Thornton
“Many people look back on third grade and think of cursive writing or chapter books. They don’t think of engineering projects. But the third-graders at Vestavia Hills Elementary West always will, thanks to a Makerspace program that teaches elementary students to harness their problem-solving skills from a young age. “This year has been a huge push toward thinking like an engineer, thinking like a problem solver,” said Megan Humphries, a third-grade teacher at VHEW. “For the students, this is a very new experience.””(more)