About Jack
Jack McKee is a builder, designer, teacher and writer. He is semi retired now. He worked as a handyman, remodeled houses, built small boats, designed (and built) equipment used by children with special needs, schools, and children’s museums. Jack worked at a Montessori school teaching “shop” to preschoolers, taught woodworking and science for the local parks department, had a traveling science caravan which visited schools, taught “Woodworking for Kids,” a workshop for teachers. He helped kids build boats, log buildings and cardboard domes.
His articles have appeared in Home Education, Tech Directions, Early Childhood Today, Wooden Boat, and on various internet sites. He has written two books, Woodshop For Kids and Builder Boards.
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Recent Posts by Jack
Sailing Through High School, a nauticaul alternative
“What do we want, a kid who is actively engaged in learning something new everyday or a bored, disaffected teenager, who is reluctantly putting in his time at school?”
NEW! BUILDER BOARDS, 3rd Edition
Contains a new chapter on taking the “World’s Largest Set” out to community events.
Children’s Museums with Builder Boards
If you would like to see a set of Builder Boards before you build the following children’s museums have sets.
Kids: Take It Apart
This is an electricity board made from parts taken from a VCR and a tape deck. It is powered by and electric train transformer. It got a lot of kids interested in electricity.
Builder Board Update: New Roof System
The new way to hold the roof boards on requires no hook and loop fastener….and keeps the kids from knocking them off from the inside of the house.
Builder Boards……24 Years Later
Recently a teacher friend completed a set with her class of sixth graders and told me an amusing story about teaching practical math. She divided the class into groups, gave each group a board and the plans, and told them to draw the position of the notches on the board. Of course, each group had the notches in a different position so….. they had to figure out which plan was right.
Pictures of the “World’s Largest Set” of Builder Boards at the Park.
Builder Boards goes to the park: More pictures: A good time was had by all.