re: Woodworking for Kids

Ms Deb – Your feedback is interesting since what I share is simply based on my observations of how kids operate. I don’t have any formal education or training in dealing with kids, I have simply observed the kids’ behavior and linked it to experiences in my own childhood. I know what tickles the senses and have just let that be my guide.

It might seem unrelated, but actually it is not; I am using the same senses that I use when I interact with my clients. I am always “reading” them.

After years of interactions with clients, I rely on my sensitivity to everything they express no matter if it is fully vocalized or not. Things that are not expressed verbally still come off physically.

Kids are simple to figure out. It is easy to see what engages them, so I simply run with it. Not having the formal education in dealing with kids, I give things my own terminology such as the “empty box effect.”