Tinkering School Chicago

06/30/2020

Let us see what happens when we get the right kids/families, the right supplies with engaging prompts for open ended building. . . . Gonna be MAGIC!

06/23/2020

I am telling you. . . it is gonna be a ton of fun. . . . .

06/22/2020

Oh! Hey! Hello out there!
Sorry about never telling you what we've been up to.
Well, guess what, we have been working through it!
Working on giving the next generation of problem-solvers, earth-shakers, dream-makers the chance to build, play, and explore!
Namely, tinkering around, putting open-ended, multiple outcome building/learning experiences, in a box, so we can meet virtually, and make amazing things. . .
let's make this an incredible summer!
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Tinkering Camp in a Box is a virtual summer camp that provides a unique opportunity to solve real problems to build all kinds of cool stuff. Register Today!

05/31/2018

Registration deadline is tomorrow for our new Beach Adventure class with Tinkering School Chicago Play in the sand on the shore of Lake Michigan making new friends!
Class runs on Saturday, June 9th from 10am - 2pm. Register here --> http://bit.ly/WinParkBeachTinkeringSchool

04/04/2018

Tinkering School Chicago is looking for a few good campers. We are looking for the wild ones! The ones that need a week out in the woods to build, explore, and play! Over the past 7 years we have established ourselves as the place where children are met with a great freedom, with a great task, and with life long memories! We have built bridges over the creek, a 25 ft long see-saw, an enormous tower, innumerable forts, rafts, catapults and tree-houses. We work with the clay we harvest from the creek, we gather round the camp-fire, we swim, we hike. We distill summer's greatness down to 5 days that we carry with us as a reminder that when we work together anything is possible. APPLY NOW!

01/16/2018

Here we go again! Summer Camp 2018! Last week of June! Apply now through March 1.

Dear Parent or Guardian, Thanks for your interest in having your child attend Tinkering School Chicago. We have learned over the years that having the right group of Tinkerers is critical to creating a great experience. We look for the right mixture of age, gender, skills, and interest in tinkering,...

11/15/2017

10/26/2017

A picture says a thousand words, but these pictures do our community fort building events no justice. We had the time of our lives out there, collecting sticks and tying them together with twine. The tulle does look good hanging around in a park on blustery winters day, but, again you just had to be there. It was straight magic.

08/19/2017

Tinkering School Overnight camp is a couple months gone, but the memories are strong. Here are some pictures from our splendid tower building adventure. Enjoy!

07/12/2017

http://naturesfarmcamp.com/

Going to the farm in about 10 days. Can't wait to build and play and explore for a couple of weeks with the goats and the chickens and the ducks, and the red-tailed hawks, and the peacocks, and ducks, and turkey, and oh yeah, humans, and did I already say piglets, and big pigs and dogs and I'll see lots of insects/bugs and Tim, don't forget Tim. (and cats and maybe a tad-pole, surely some frogs, and a bunch other creatures)

06/30/2017

Perfect Weather + Perfect Crew + Right Materials = Enormous Tower