Young children--how they experience the world, interact with each other, pose questions, and construct knowledge--form the basis for this insightful examination of early childhood science education. Eleanor Duckworth talks about children "having wonderful ideas," and how constructivist education creates the context in which children can act on them. In the third edition, the authors have emphasized that children have wonderful ideas together, through collaboration. This emphasis on social constructivism incorporates the ideas of Vygotsky and others who clarify the social and cultural context...
This is a great little book. Unforntunately alot of the machines are hard to make since they require a working knowlegde of electronics. But I did manage to make one of them. The Energy Wheel. It does actually work but not really by Paranormal means. Its actually more quantum physics & phsyiology. You have a small magenetic field around you. In marshall sylver's book "Passion, Profit & Power" he explains that concious thought has a phycosymatic effect on your body.
Today's world is stupid, it is throwaway. They get things and they throw it away. Or put it in the basement. This was written in 1951, clear away from the age of stupid. Now, this book shows you the basics of drawing. And that's what it does. Along with some wonderful drawings by Andrew Loomis.
Scroll Saw Pictures: An Illustrated Guide to Creating Scroll Saw Art. Over 70 Patterns
This is a step-by-step handbook to one of the joys of scroll sawing: creating pictures in wood. With over 70 designs of his own and other talented artists, he teaches the reader all he or she needs to know about this wonderful craft. Color photographs illustrate each step.
Paper artist Eric Gjerde demonstrates 25 of his favorite tessellations and turns them into folding projects for newcomers as well as experienced origamists. With step-by-step instructions, illustrated crease patterns, and how-to photos, you'll learn to create these wonderful designs yourself.
