{"product_id":"the-guide-to-woodworking-with-kids-craft-projects-to-develop-the-lifelong-skills-of-young-makers-9781951217235","title":"The Guide to Woodworking with Kids: Craft Projects to Develop the Lifelong Skills of Young Makers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their executive function skills thrive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guide to Woodworking with Kids\u003c\/i\u003e 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: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThink things through for themselves \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDevelop skill, originality and inventiveness \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExplore their own self-interests \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePlan, organize and execute meaningful work \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePrepare to profitably employ leisure time \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBe handy and resourceful \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDevelop both character and intellect \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreate useful beauty to benefit family, community and self \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Guide to Woodworking with Kids\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStowe, Doug:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDoug Stowe\u003c\/b\u003e began his woodworking career in 1976 and was reminded of the importance of hands-on learning by teaching his own daughter in the wood shop. In 2001 he launched the Wisdom of the Hands Program at the Clear Spring School to prove the value of hands-on learning in a school wood shop. He is the author of 13 other woodworking books, over 100 articles in woodworking magazines and educational journals, and publishes a blog dedicated to promoting the value of hands-on learning, Wisdomofhands.blogspot.com. The son of a kindergarten teacher, Stowe has become a respected authority on learning for all ages. In addition to teaching at the Clear Spring School, Stowe teaches adults the fine art of woodworking at schools and clubs throughout the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Blue Hills Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626123202834,"sku":"9781951217235","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d6e8039-675d-47ae-809c-7ae2920fd45f.jpg?v=1732649229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-guide-to-woodworking-with-kids-craft-projects-to-develop-the-lifelong-skills-of-young-makers-9781951217235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}