| Tagline | This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making. |
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| Listed since | 11/17/2008 12:01:50 PM |
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| Site URL | http://wisdomofhands.blogspot.com/ |
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| Language | English |
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Good as new
Yesterday I mentioned repairing a mirror that had fallen and come apart at the joints. This is what it looks like now with the joints re-glued. The outer frame is cherry and the inner frame walnut, i
1 day ago
a surprise inside
Yesterday a friend returned a mirror I'd made in 1978 for repair. The line from which it was suspended had broken. The mirror fell onto a table and then onto the floor, causing three corners of the fr
2 days ago
look and see.
When I was in first grade nearly every other child in the US read the exact same books in school, Dick and Jane. I remember one particular line to this day. "Look, look, see spot run." And there is n
3 days ago
the ARC
I received copies of the Advanced Review Copy (ARC) of my new book in the mail yesterday and took one by to a local mentor and sent another off to a friend in Berryville. The cover of the published vo
6 days ago
Serial Position Effect
Serial Position Effect refers to an important principle in psychology having to do with how and if we remember things, and attention to it can have profound effect on the effectiveness of teaching. h
1 week ago