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.
The kids were taking it very seriously, and were really trying to please, as you mentioned. And the safety lessons you taught them were basically the same ones I taught the students at the community college.
Mario, we always seem to injure the hand not holding the tool. So the challenge is always keeping it doing the right thing and out of the way. Using the block of wood in the vise narrows the range of motion, so it keeps knives from making wide arcs through the woodshop.
So, so great! :) Thanks for having the courage to trust little ones, they are so capable and need this so much in an age of over-protection.
ReplyDeleteThey do need to be trusted and they do like to please.
ReplyDeleteThe kids were taking it very seriously, and were really trying to please, as you mentioned. And the safety lessons you taught them were basically the same ones I taught the students at the community college.
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Mario, we always seem to injure the hand not holding the tool. So the challenge is always keeping it doing the right thing and out of the way. Using the block of wood in the vise narrows the range of motion, so it keeps knives from making wide arcs through the woodshop.
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