Learning Resources
7 independent Pittsburgh bookstores that families will love
These Pittsburgh bookstores are perfect for families with young readers.
Maker Monday: Let’s make leaf print art
This Maker Monday “Let’s Try” video teaches kids to get creative with beautiful fall leaves!
Maker Monday: Let’s make shaving cream prints
This easy DIY Maker Monday project can be done with items you likely have around the house.
Maker Monday: Let’s try making flower crowns
Enjoy this flower-filled DIY project!
Back-to-school guide: 4 great ways to get kids ready for the school year
These four easy moves can help kids feel ready for a great school year ahead.
Kidsburgh on KDKA: Great maker activities for the final weeks of summer
Check out these fun and easy maker activities for kids.
Career Ready PA events connect kids with potential paths toward their futures
During the month of May, thousands of students and families attended more than 100 Career Ready PA events as part of Remake Learning Days.
Pittsburgh Public Schools summer programming gives students a BOOST from pandemic learning losses
PPS’s Summer BOOST program was created to address pandemic learning loss. Details here.
Maker Monday: Let’s try collage!
Let your little ones get super-creative with magazine pages, newspapers or even junk mail.
Startable empowers entrepreneurial kids to turn ideas into businesses
“We want them constantly looking at different things and thinking, ‘What can I make out of that?’ Or, ‘Here’s a problem; how do I fix that?’”
Maker Monday: How to make your own knitting loom and start knitting
Any day is a fun time for a Maker Monday activity.
Future Ready Career Centers are on display this week across Pennsylvania
Four Future Ready Centers will be host showcase events this week during Remake Learning Days. Details here.
With help from KnowledgeWorks and SLB Radio, local teens take over the Remaking Tomorrow podcast
“From a young person’s perspective, how do they think about equity?” Find out on Remaking Tomorrow.
Maker Monday: Let’s try making our own watercolor paints from old markers
Maker Monday fun: Did you know you could create new colors of paint from dried up markers? Here’s how.
With $15,000 grant, WQED Steeltown Film Academy develops content for kids, created by kids
Each grant recipient is tasked to collaborate with kids to create public media content for tweens and teens.
During Remake Learning Days in Westmoreland County, free events bring fun with robots, environmental chemistry and more
During Remake Learning Days (May 12-23 in southwestern PA), Norwin schools will host six events in Westmoreland County.
Remake Learning Days runs through May 23 with more than 175 hands-on learning events
The Remake Learning Days festival begins in Southwestern PA on May 12. Get all the details here.
Carnegie’s Library Park is now open: Here’s why you should visit
Library Park opens up the front entrance of the “Carnegie Carnegie” with a long green lawn screened by 25 new trees.
Student-teachers and K-12 students help each other close pandemic learning gaps
This program provides “high-dosage” tutoring to K-12 students in under-resourced neighborhoods, while giving student-teachers hours of hands-on tutoring experience.
Hosanna House launches kids into high-flying careers with new Center for Aviation Technology and Training
Along with flight simulation on airplanes, helicopters and drones in the training lab, an outdoor play space opens this summer with a rocket ship, a real airplane and a drone landing pad.