This book provides ideas and inspiration for basic woodwork skills for children aged 3-6. Organized into 3 levels of competence: beginning - sanding, using rulers to measure wood; emerging skills - mini hand drill, hammer and nails; developing competence - screw driver, mini hacksaw, advanced - pliers, glue guns. Includes practical advice on tools and how to use them (both real and play/pretend tools), construction materials (where to source and store), safety issues, role of the adult, where to site the woodworking area in the setting, key vocabulary and decorating/painting wood. Children's physical development as well as knowledge of the world, and mathematical development will all benefit from these activities.
| ISBN: | 9781408173961 |
| Publication date: | 30th August 2012 |
| Author: | Terry Gould, Linda Mort |
| Illustrator: | Mike Phillips |
| Publisher: | Featherstone an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Series: | Little Books With Big Ideas |
| Genres: |
Educational material |