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Ages 6–12 Grade 1 – Grade 6 Mirai Minds + Cambridge Centre (Ichigaya) Rolling enrollment · Start any week

Maker's Lab

Hands-on design and STEM challenges conducted in English. Students investigate a problem, plan an idea, build a prototype, test it and explain how they improved it. Challenges are short, so children can join any week.

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Ages
Ages 6–1226101418
Runs
  1. Monno session
  2. Tueno session
  3. Wedno session
  4. Thuno session
  5. Fri4:00 PMruns
  6. Satno session
  7. Sunno session
Where
Mirai Minds + Cambridge Centre (Ichigaya)
Group
Capped at 12
Tuition
¥3,500 / sessionTrial lesson ¥3,500
  • Small groupCapped at 12, every child takes part.
  • Fridays, 4:00–5:00 PMDays and time
  • Term: Sep–Dec 2026Rolling enrollment: join any week, and carry on from term to term.
  • IchigayaWhere it runs

What does a session look like? 60 min

  1. 1

    0–5 min5 min

    Challenge

    The problem to solve and the key words.

  2. 2

    5–15 min10 min

    Investigate

    Look at how real designs solve it.

  3. 3

    15–22 min7 min

    Plan

    Sketch an idea in pairs.

  4. 4

    22–42 min20 min

    Build

    Make the first prototype.

  5. 5

    42–52 min10 min

    Test & improve

    Find what fails and fix it.

  6. 6

    52–60 min8 min

    Present

    Explain the design and what changed.

What your child will learn

  1. Design thinking Investigating a problem before solving it.
  2. Building & testing Turning a plan into a working prototype.
  3. Resilience Improving an idea after it fails.
  4. Explaining in English Describing how and why their design works.

Sample activities

  • Paper Towers

    Build the tallest tower that can hold a book.

  • Catapult Challenge

    Build a catapult and launch a pom-pom at a target.

  • Water Filter Lab

    Design a filter that cleans muddy water.

  • Wind Racers

    Build a sail car and race it with a fan.

Levels

  1. Beginner

    Guided builds with step-by-step support.

  2. Intermediate

    Open challenges, planned and tested in pairs.

  3. Advanced

    Self-directed projects, from their own design to final prototype.

Placed by the teacher after the trial lesson.

From here to the first lesson

  1. Choose a date

    Pick a session from the form. It takes about a minute and nothing is charged.

  2. We confirm

    We reply within one business day with your date and a payment link for the trial fee.

  3. Come to a real lesson

    Your child joins the regular group. There is no commitment to carry on afterwards.

Your teacher Evyn Bryant Linguistics · English · Second Language Acquisition I'm Evyn, and I've lived in Japan for five years after serving in the US Army and working as an Emergency Medical Technician. I studied journalism and public relations for my bachelor's degree, then earned a master's in education with a focus on TESOL and second language acquisition. Outside work, I enjoy reading, independent research, writing my blog, and watching baseball.
Speciality
  • Linguistics
  • English
  • Second Language Acquisition
More about Evyn
Background
Bachelors of Arts (Journalism-Public Relations) | Masters of Science in Education (TESOL) Applied, Educational, Theoretical Linguistics - Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
Outside class
I like to read, do independent research, write my blog, watch baseball, spend time with my fiancee!
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FAQs

Good questions, answered

Students aged 6 to 12 who like to tinker, build and invent.

Fridays, 4:00 to 5:00 PM, in Ichigaya.

Yes. Challenges are short, so children can join in any week.

A term is a set block of weekly classes with a clear start and end. This class is rolling, so your child can join any week, and we tie it to the school terms: the current term is September to December 2026. Our terms are September to December, January to March and April to July.

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Every trial is a real lesson with the regular group, with no commitment to join afterwards.

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2When

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3Who is coming

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