Comments on: Teaching Handicrafts: Subject by Subject, Part 7

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:37:43 +0000

4-H is a great resource for handicrafts. We have Mini 4-H in our area(for Kindergarden to 2nd grade) so they can do it all through their school years. They give you handbooks to use that start with the absolute basics – and go up by levels/grades. You can probably download the record books without signing up for 4-H, they won’t mind.

By: Ananda

Ananda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:31:09 +0000

We are looking into robotics for our 8yo boy. But here in South Africa it is not easily accessible in the rural areas. We have found a book on The Bookdepository that are basically for ‘dummies’! Lol! We’ll learn with him then. The ultimate goal of this particular book is to teach the basics of robotics and to teach one how to build a working robot with fairly easily available parts. The LEGO brainstorm is a bit advanced for him (and us) but most probably our next step!
We will be officially schooling CM’s way this coming year, been messing around until now but quite excited and scared! The handicrafts has been a concern although I’ve started teaching my boys things like knitting and cooking as well as gardening. And other household things. More for interest than equipping but reading this article, I think I should change my motivation and approach.
Thanks for this article. Great help.

By: Nanci

Nanci — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:43:27 +0000

I was afraid you’d say that, LOL! That was the only one I know about and it is $$$$$
I was hoping for something more reasonably priced

By: Doug Smith

Doug Smith — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:51:37 +0000

One of the easiest ways for kids to get started in robotics is with the Lego Mindstorms robotic kits.

By: Nanci

Nanci — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:14:17 +0000

On your list (which is fantastic) that you linked, I saw robotics. That would be something that my son would love (and I would never have thought of as a handicraft).
Do you know of any resources for this topic?