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9 Life Lessons That Woodworking Gives Young People
Here’s a short list of general life lessons that I’ve noticed kids learn when working with wood. The List of Woodworking Lessons that Last a Lifetime: 1. You Get Out What You Put In Many kids are given a lot these days. A lot of; Toys Food Things to watch on TV and YouTube Games…
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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…
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Techniques To Keep Your Class Workshop Clean
THERE’S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING than walking into a workshop that isn’t clean… It’s a downhill slope. The workshop is dirty so students think they don’t have to clean, and all of a sudden equipment is getting misplaced, broken or simply doesn’t work properly anymore. And the worst bit is the time it takes. Every. Single. Day.…
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Storage Space That You Didn’t Know You Had in the Workshop
ARE THINGS GETTING A little tight in the workshop space? Maybe you want to buy a new machine but have no where to put it. Here are a few ideas for you to make the most out of the space you have. NOTE: Storing class sets of tools can take up a lot of space. Here is…
