Sara Bensalem Kids
Sara Bensalem Kids Workshops
architecture Hands-On STEAM Workshops · Ages 3–10

Real Building Challenges for Little Makers.

Cardboard prototypes, structural physics, and creative experiments. Developed from years teaching elementary architecture studios to help children sketch, test, and build with genuine tactile confidence.

12 Structured Lessons / Track Common Household Materials Lifetime Access
Child building blocks in creative workshop
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Hands-on Architecture & Art

84 guided projects across 7 tracks

Ages 3–10
The Classroom Approach

Tactile Learning Over Passive Screens

Children understand physics and form when their hands do the testing.

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Studio-Tested Lessons

Refined through years teaching elementary maker spaces and youth architecture in Paris and the US.

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Everyday Materials

No costly kits or special parts. Projects use cardboard, craft sticks, graph paper, and recycling.

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Zero Screen Time

Unplugged making that sharpens spatial reasoning, fine motor coordination, and creative grit.

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7 Creative Tracks

From structural towers and master painters to storybook coding, kitchen chemistry, and nature labs.

The Curriculum

Explore the 7 Workshop Tracks

Each track contains 12 structured, illustrated lessons with step-by-step guides, material lists, and learning outcomes.

🏛️ Ages 5–10

Little Architect

Buildings, Cities & Spatial Design

Discover how buildings stand, sketch blueprints, build cardboard skyscrapers, and design futuristic moon bases through joyful hands-on play.

12 Lessons 45–60 min FR & EN
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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🎨 Ages 5–10

Little Artist

Color Theory, Masters & Self-Expression

Learn from Picasso, Monet, and Kandinsky. Experiment with bubble art, play-dough color wheels, straw painting, and nature-based pigments.

12 Lessons Art History FR & EN
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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⚙️ Ages 5–10

Little Engineer

Structures, Forces & Simple Machines

Test bridges for load, craft aerodynamic gliders, assemble marble roller coasters, and discover pulleys, levers, and water walls.

12 Lessons STEM Challenges FR & EN
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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💻 Ages 6–10

Little Coder

Unplugged Computational Thinking

Zero screens required. Learn algorithmic sequencing, loops, conditions, and debugging through story games, physical mazes, and escape quests.

12 Lessons Unplugged Logic Math Foundation
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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🧪 Ages 4–8

Little Scientist

Hypothesis, Observation & Discovery

Real scientific investigations. Grow salt crystal snowflakes, construct solar ovens, observe magnetic fields, and track water evaporation cycles.

12 Investigations Kitchen Lab Safe
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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📚 Ages 3–7

Storytime STEAM

Literacy Blended with Hands-On Making

Connecting beloved children's literature (The Dot, Iggy Peck Architect, Mouse Paint) with tactile engineering and art projects.

12 Story Packs Early Readers
$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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Little Explorer

Ages 4–8

Nature, Habitats & Environmental Stewardship

Venture into ocean zones, build backyard bug hotels, investigate rainforest biomes, and design clean water filtration systems.

$19.99 One-time / Lifetime
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Best Value Bundle

The Complete Little Maker Pass

Unlock all 7 workshop tracks (84+ complete guided projects) with single lifetime access for your whole family.

$79 $139.93 value
Simple & Stress-Free

How Families Learn Together

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Pick a Track

Choose the subject that excites your child today, from cardboard city towers to bubble art.

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Gather Common Materials

No expensive kit required. Every lesson uses household recycling, paper, markers, and glue.

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Build, Test & Celebrate

Step-by-step visual lessons with discussion prompts and vocabulary terms that build confidence.

Sara Bensalem
About the Creator

Sara Bensalem

Architect, Environmental Designer & Educator

Sara has taught visual communication, spatial literacy, and design-build across international classrooms and elementary maker spaces. Drawing on her architectural background and K–5 classroom experience, she crafted the Little Workshop Series to give children the tools to think critically, build fearlessly, and find wonder in the physical world.