During the past weeks, the students in first, third and fourth grade were busy continuing to develop skills with sawing, using a plane, and hammering. Our second and fifth grade classes are working on other skills at the moment.

In first grade, we continued to work on building a birdhouse. The students are getting experts in handling a saw, sawing straight, and working together for this common goal.

Third grade started to build a house out of logs from the forest. They came up with a design that everyone was happy with, and now they are busy collecting the wood, sawing it to the right length, and hammering pieces together. Aside from supporting them with a structure and making sure that everyone is contributing, it is entirely their project and I'm excited to see what it will look like when it’s done.

Fourth grade is almost done with the bunny house. We have just a few more panels to attach. We also started digging holes for the posts when the handle of our spade gave up and broke. We replaced the old one with a new and much stronger handle carved by the students from the cherrywood we had harvested in our forest. It was a great opportunity to learn that when something breaks we can fix it rather than always buying new things.