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Parenting Press Review: WOODSHOP For KIDS

What’s the best saw for a child? What’s the best hammer? How do you introduce kids (and possibly yourself) to woodworking? Those are among the many questions that woodworker Jack McKee answers in an easy-to-understand guide, Woodshop for Kids: 52...

PROJECT: MAKING THE MOM OR DAD SIGN WITH NAIL LETTERING

Making the mom sign

Project: Kids Build Puzzles

PUZZLES I: Using Precut Puzzle Blanks For younger kids who would have difficulty using a coping saw, I make what I call puzzle blanks. These blanks are just a plywood square with the center section cut out in one piece. The kids’ job is to draw a picture on this...

Parenting Press Review of Woodshop for Kids

What we really, really like, however, are the life lessons that woodworking can teach.

Woodshop Safety for working with Kids

…… experience taught me that even very young children can be trusted to use real tools. Fifteen years of woodworking with kids has confirmed this initial experience.

Kids at Work, three short videos

Kids at work

Woodworking: Lowly Key Fob Unlocks Big Rewards

As you can see the simple key fob is not so simple from a 4 or 5 year old perspective.

WOODSHOP FOR KIDS…is not just woodworking

…..kids in a hurry slow down, kids who think they can’t build anything learn they can, kids who think they know everything learn the don’t, and kids who need adult approval for everything learn to be a little more independent.