I thought it was neat to see the kids build such elaborate things at such a young age. It looks like a place I would have LOVED to go to when I was that age. Between the boat they built and the roller coaster, I couldn't figure out which was cooler! It's amazing what the young mind can come up with when given the resources to actually build things. I think it was great that they let them use actual tools, it gives every one of them skills they can use throughout their lifetimes. When I was young, I was lucky enough that my dad let me use just about any of his tools that I wanted, so I gained a lot of knowledge just through trial and error (without cutting any limbs off). However, I know this isn't the case in most households, and Tinkering School allows kids from these families to have a place where they can be supervised and learn all about creating things.
Another thing I found to be quite unbelieveable was the grocery sack bridge. I was amazed at how much weight it could actually hold. I feel if I was to one day have children, I would love to send them to a place like this, just to have fun and meet friends. It's a place where kids can form groups and watch their imagination and ideas come to fruition.
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I also thought that the grocery bag bridge was awesome. I would have never thought of that, nor would I have let my little brother or sister get on it, because it doesn't look like it would hold up that much weight.
ReplyDeleteYour lucky your dad let you mess around with his tools for some reason I always got in trouble when I tried to play with them. I was wondering the same thing about the bridge too about how many people could go on it without it breaking.
ReplyDeleteI thought the grocery bag bridge was cool too. I wish I had thought of that when I was younger. My dad let me play with his tools when I was younger too. One of the first things I learned to make was a rubberband gun to shoot my siblings with.
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