Returned to school last week with so much to do and catch up on (I did make it to Boston and missed a long day full of meetings and schedule-making). I had several gorgeous “woodworking-as-the-way” moments, only one of which I’ll share. One of my neurologically different students asked to meet the teacher he wasContinue reading “This Week In the Classroom: To Sand or Not to Sand…”
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This Week in the Classroom: Squiggle ‘Bots
Here’s a line on what pre-school should be – I actually thought I invented this project a few years ago when I worked with primary school-age kids in VA. Obviously, I did not – it’s just rumblin’ around out there in the knowledge sphere. Teacher Tom goes into some of the skills those little guysContinue reading “This Week in the Classroom: Squiggle ‘Bots”
This Week in the Classroom: Mobile Base (The Volleyball Court)
Two weeks ago, my colleague and I had an interesting revelation. While installing a basketball hoop, we had extra cement. I had a shovel-ready stimulus bill waiting for him. It looked something like this: Which looks exactly like it is (brilliant statement there). It’s a empty tire (the rims lost to another project) with aContinue reading “This Week in the Classroom: Mobile Base (The Volleyball Court)”
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