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.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The photos at left are from this morning in the woodshop at Clear Spring school. The 3rd and 4th grade students were working on their stamp trucks using an assembly line. The finished products will be sold to raise money for their Springfield trip in the spring. It is a lesson in their study of economics. The first and 2nd graders worked to add to the collection of toy cars being made by the 5th and 6th grade students to give to the poor. The photo below is of some of the creative woodwork being done by the 1st and 2nd graders in their classroom. Making things from wood has become a favorite leisure activity for the students.
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