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Friday, June 18, 2021
giant sofa
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Our giant Froebel blocks at the Clear Spring School are constantly being rearranged by kids, usually as some kind of fort or obstacle course. The other day when I arrived on campus the students had built a giant sofa. This project required the collaboration of efforts by a group of kids working together. I like the way they arranged them with a means to climb up and I'm sorry I missed seeing them putting their sofa to use.
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.
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- I have been a self-employed woodworker in Eureka Springs, Arkansas since 1976. I live with my wife Jean on a wooded hillside overlooking our beautiful historic community. In addition to work in my wood shop,I'm retired from teaching at the Clear Spring School in a program called "The Wisdom of the Hands." That experience is summarized in my book, "The Guide to Woodworking with Kids". My book "Wisdom of our Hands: Crafting, A Life" is my attempt to explain the importance of hands on learning. I also write for Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking and other woodworking magazines. My new book, Designing Boxes will be released on April 16, 2024. My resume can be downloaded at www.dougstowe.com/resume.doc
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