Introduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their
executive function skills thrive.
The Guide to Woodworking with Kids is a culmination of craftsman Doug
Stowe's four-decade career in woodworking and nearly twenty years of
working with students K-12 in his Wisdom of the Hands woodworking class
at the Clear Spring School in his hometown of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
This comprehensive guide offers step by step instruction for teachers,
parents and grandparents to offer safe woodworking opportunities to
their students and kiddos as a way of developing a wide range of
valuable life-skills. Based in part on the philosophies of Froebel's
Kindergarten and Educational Sloyd, this book illustrates the importance
of doing real, hands-on activities in school and at home that enable
students to:
Think things through for themselves
Develop skill, originality and inventiveness
Explore their own self-interests
Plan, organize and execute meaningful work
Prepare to profitably employ leisure time
Be handy and resourceful
Develop both character and intellect
Create useful beauty to benefit family, community and self
The Guide to Woodworking with Kids is more than a woodworking book,
it's gives parents, grandparents and teachers the confidence,
encouragement, and the insight needed to safely engage children in
life-enhancing creative arts.
