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Here Come our Carpenters!
Our children love the carpentary table, the can spend hours there with their chatter and laughter along with their creativity being on point! On the carpentry table you’ll see a range of tools, wood, different sized nails and many other materials like carpentry pencils, milk bottle tops, ice block sticks and scraps of material.
As children become confident with the tools and materials and with guidance from teachers, they start to think about how to put their thoughtful designs together. Allowing children to explore at their own pace is key. Children increase their strength and control of their bodies through learning how to hammer, saw, drill and drawing plans with a pencil. The practice here is both muscle control and hand-eye coordination.
Teachers showing them how to use the tools correctly and look after them and are ready to help them if needed, e.g. to hold a drill. Children gain practical skills in using mathematics concepts as they measure for length, size, angles and count how many pieces of wood, wheels, and other materials they may need. Learning to observe, predict and experiment with their designs are great skills they’ll continue to develop as they grow. Teachers support children to put their own ideas into practice without taking over.