One of Owen's favorite past times is to go on Youtube, look up projects that he can make, build, or construct and immediately start to work on them. There is little thought in the planning phase and a bit more as he starts working on it.
He started with this project (taking the gears from his broken scooter and wheels from a penny board) to make another motorized toy out of a piece of wood. What he didn't think through is that this new vehicle uses a drill to make it move. Something he does not own personally, nor does he have the money to purchase. He hasn't finished it yet, but Scott and I have learned that it's best just to let him do his thing as long as it isn't dangerous, he cleans up his mess and asks permission to use things that aren't his.
3 comments:
It's great that you encourage your son's creativity by staying out of the way. I'm guessing he will gain a lot of self confidence from these projects.
My parenting philosophy too! I'm tired of being the bad guy. Whatever kids. Just clean up your mess and don't break my stuff. Ha ha! Just remember you are building an engineer.
Oh Jack and Owen would get along very well. I agree with "let them try" attitude. Like Ms Frizzle says "take chances, make mistakes and get messy".
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