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3 Ideas on Changing a Strong-Willed Child’s Behavior
Parents and teachers can throw around the term ‘strong-willed’. But I typically see these children as more ‘internally motivated’ Kids that i’ve come in contact with who i’d describe this way are more interested in what they want to do… And not what they should be doing which is the issue. So how you can…
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How to Introduce Children to the Pleasure of Building Projects
One thing I notice about people who do woodworking is that the passion for it developed quite naturally and independently. We all decided that we liked woodworking, on our own terms I remember what got me interested. My dad used to make furniture and bits and pieces out of wood for around the home. I…
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Brain Development That Happens When Young People Take Up Woodworking
These days education seems so literal and focused on results… The cycle goes something like this: Get introduced to a new topic Memorize it Study for test Take test Get a grade Repeat This can sound productive but it removes ‘learning’ and replaces it with ‘remembering’. There is a place for remembering in schools, but…
