Yesterday with my Kindergarten students (our Rainbow Group) we began making Froebel block sets. Lots of sawing was involved. I started with a lesson on the use of a square to mark straight lines across wood, and as is usual, getting the kids to understand that the body of the square has to be tight to the wood in order for the blade of the wood to be square and the line being drawn to be "square," was a challenge. Fortunately the project will be forgiving, of both poorly marked lines and off-square cuts.
Each time a student would finish a cut they would proclaim, "I did it!" or they would tell the number, like, "I've cut five!"
Mastery of the saw requires mastery of your own body... Developing a smooth arm motion as well as developing a posture appropriate to the work.
Next week we will make the boxes in which (we hope) the blocks will fit
The video shows all.
Make, fix and create.
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