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Junior Woodworking

Junior Woodworking

Two sessions to choose from!

Amanda N. Simons
Lead Instructor, safety wizard, kid whisperer

Join us for a week-long exploration of woodworking tools, their safe use, and their creative potential! We will be using a variety of freestanding and hand-held tools to better understand how to design useful objects using wood and fasteners.

The curriculum of this program is aimed at younger learners, and will focus on tool use safety, practice through doing, and bravely making cool stuff with powerful and sometimes scary tools.

Summer 2023
Two sessions to choose from!

June 26 – 30

July 31 – August 4

Registration begins March 6

Ages 8-11
9am – 4pm
$575
Lunch and snacks provided

Learning Outcomes:

  • Physics of power tools
  • Physics of body leverage
  • 3D design using wood and fasteners
  • Safe use of drills, saws, measuring tools
  • Basic geometry and algebra in construction and design
  • Jobsite teamwork