| Student Age | K to Grade 7 |
| Requirements | None |
| Skills Learned | Woodwork, Mechanics |
| Number of Lectures | 10 |
| Lecture Status | Started |
This course offers year round programming for girls and boys ages 5-10 in project based learning through the fun of wood working. It provides unique opportunities for girls and boys to construct fun and exciting projects while empowering them to become independent thinkers-building confidence, self-esteem and a repertoire of practical skills that will last them a lifetime.
Each week, kids will finish one project which could be either individual project or group project. Through those sequence of fun projects, the young carpenter gains skills and competence to complete increasingly more complicated projects; from boats to bird feeders, doll furniture, clocks, games, airplanes, and eventually robots.
Along with the success of completing their own project comes a wide range of valuable carpentry skills such as measuring, fractions, sawing, drilling, rasping, fastening, sanding, shaping, assembly, and painting. Hand-in-hand with the practical skills goes a wide variety of other worthy concepts such as abstract reasoning, applied mathematics, problem solving, craftsmanship, fine motor skills, respect for tools, and patience.
