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"Children love the feeling of accomplishment and pride that comes with building something from scratch. [This book] is the perfect source for teaching the skills required to do so. Inside you'll find step-by-step instruction that teachers, parents, and grandparents can use to share safe woodworking opportunities with their students and children as a way of developing a wide range of valuable lifeskills."--Page 4 of cover.
About the author
Doug Stowe began his woodworking career in 1976 and was reminded of the importance of hands-on learning by teaching his own daughter in the wood shop. In 2001 he launched the Wisdom of the Hands Program at the Clear Spring School to prove the value of hands-on learning in a school wood shop. He is the author of 13 other woodworking books, over 100 articles in woodworking magazines and educational journals, and publishes a blog dedicated to promoting the value of hands-on learning, Wisdomofhands.blogspot.com. The son of a kindergarten teacher, Stowe has become a respected authority on learning for all ages. In addition to teaching at the Clear Spring School, Stowe teaches adults the fine art of woodworking at schools and clubs throughout the United States.
Summary
Age range 6 to 14. Introduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their executive function skills thrive...
Foreword
Marketing and Publicity Highlights
- Targeted review copy mailing to national woodworking, craft, homeschooling, education, and parenting magazines, including Popular Woodworking (circ. 150,000), Fine Woodworking (circ. 220,000), MAKE, (Woodworker’s Journal (125,000), This Old House (circ. 960,000), Mother Earth News (500,000), Family Handyman (circ. 1,150,000), and Popular Mechanics (1,200,000), Woodcraft Magazine (110,000), Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Homeschooling Parent magazine, Parents magazine (2,000,000)
- Trade ads in PW Craft & Hobbies issue and Library Journal
- Ad campaign in Woodcraft magazine (Circulation 110,000), Popular Woodworking (150,000), and Woodworker’s Journal (125,000).
- Book excerpt scheduled in Woodcraft magazine
- E-newsletter promotion to the 60,000 members of local / national woodworking clubs
- Social media promotions
