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?”
Three Free Projects
Three Free Projects Here are three free projects from Woodshop for Kids. Nail Puzzle Camp Stool Wood...
Recycled Kitchen Cabinets.
We call it the “One Piece at a Time” remodel after the old Johnny Cash song. My wife wanted new kitchen cabinets, I don’t know why. Possibly because we had the same cabinets for 40 years and they had been used for years before we bought the house. Over the...
More Hand carved Skateboards
More skateboards carved by my brother. Here is a mockingbird. They are cruisers not boards for tricks. The wings fold in for riding. This is back side of a guitar skateboard. The Wheels in the center unclamp and the guitar plays. Doug says it’s...
Some Other Things I Built
I had never built a log building before, let alone with eighth graders, but my supervisor said, no problem. He had a design and we worked out details each morning before the kids got there. No one was more surprised than I it worked so well.
Chemistry 236, A College Turning Point
The Prof would go over each problem as many times as necessary, without making you feel like an idiot.
Delivering Food has become a series of Milagros Pequeños (Small Miracles)
On Wednesdays we do a run together for Miracle Food Network……Slowly we learned the children’s names, Mariela, Sofia, Flora, Gabbi, Iris, Alan, Karen, Carlos, Diego, Leslie, Juana, Rodrigo, Tristian, Reina. And they began to come to the door when we knocked.
Teachable Moments by Candy Meacham
“At night, in bed, sometimes I think about stealing money from rich people to give to poor people.” Our 6 year old grandson.
I later learned they were reading Robin Hood in kindergarten. Liam was pondering a local application.
Hand Carved Skateboards
My brother carves skateboards in the shape of birds or marine creatures.
My Wife’s Toolbox
…..I’m not bad with a hammer and saw myself……It drove me crazy to go downstairs to his basement shop and look for the right tool…..