tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post8860520992286899384..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: in the days of horses...Doug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-52117838760476054912015-07-19T16:10:38.864-05:002015-07-19T16:10:38.864-05:00Jonas,
too many toys do too much and thus overwhel...Jonas,<br />too many toys do too much and thus overwhelm the child's natural creativity with the creativity of the toymaker. One blog reader had told a few years back of buying his sons shovels and letting them dig a hole in the back yard. The fascination lasted weeks, and the rewards were enormous. And how many young parents buy too much for their kids and then find that what they like most are the cardboard boxes everything came in.<br /><br />We live in a culture that is dominated by objects, and has lost sight of the values inherent in craftsmanship and making.<br /><br />Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-246770890939149772015-07-19T15:24:00.415-05:002015-07-19T15:24:00.415-05:00Hi Doug
Very interesting subject this one.
Ten y...Hi Doug<br /><br />Very interesting subject this one.<br /><br />Ten years ago while our oldest and No 2 were still in the kinder garden, they had "bring your own toys" on the last Friday of each month.<br />One such Friday my children asked if they could bring the sticks for making a sawmill. <br />It was just a bunch of sticks 3/8 x 3/8 that were left over from cutting the tongue and groove from some floor boards that I used for another project, most of them were about a feet long, but not sanded or made nice in any way.<br />We had sometimes stacked them at home, and I had told them of my own childhood where I had built a similar structure and imagined it was a saw mill. pushing one stick over a table like structure, and let it fall own on the other side.<br /><br />I said that they could bring them, but I was pretty sure they would regret it when they saw what other toys the rest of the children had brought, But they insisted.<br /><br />When my wife picked them up in the afternoon, most of the activity of the entire group was centered around those sticks. They had all had a great time imagining that they built a saw mill, and everyone could help by pushing a stick through the imaginary saw mill.<br /><br />It is interesting to notice how much more fun a game can be when the imagination and fantasy kicks in. <br /><br />Brgds JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com