Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02444
Andy has a new project. The other day Andy asked about borrowing a jackknife that I had gotten from ABD because they would like to start carving. Andy actually asked if I would pick them up from school yesterday and take them to Home Depot so that they could get some wood for carving. We talked more about this and I looked online for a carving intro kit and ordered one for Andy. The key part of this kit is special gloves that protect Andy's hands from the carving knives.
It was raining today so I picked Andy up from school and when we got home they got out some sand paper and a saw from the garage to cut and sand the pieces of wood that came with the kit. I checked on Andy later and they were covered in sawdust. I've been trying to be much more relaxed and calm with andy when they do things like this. Andy executes first, thinks second. But I also want to encourage Andy's creativity and the less time online and the more time using that creativity, the better. so I calmly asked if they thought that doing this in their room was the best idea? Also, di they need the vacuum? Yes to both and now Andy is taking care to clean up after themselves.