This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
The rocking chair class went well except that it was an overly ambitious project for the amount of time we had available. The students got their joints cut and were nearly ready for a trial fit. All seemed very pleased with what we had accomplished and what they had learned. Learning the use of templates and cutting guides to overcome the challenges inherent in curves and angles was the thing a number of students mentioned as the most valuable lesson from the class. Some of the students will go back to the class room on Thursday to finish. The photos at left and below show progress.
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