Mark Meckes
11th January 2001, 04:02 AM
Hello!
Carole and I have conducted severasl bamboo workshops that also included children 5 years and older.
For almost all, this is their first time ever of working with bamboo.
Children are very inquisitive, and these workshops provide a trememdous opportunity to present the past history, present and future potential of bamboo.
However, especially with young boys, they often discover too, that bamboo can be a potential weapon, and. This provides us with the opportunity to address the need to avoid the mindset where-by so many grown-ups today are pre-occupied with hatred and warfare.
Working with bamboo, the foremost issue is safety, because bamboo, however beautiful, has a sharp edge, that can cause deep wounds.
This is why one must be very respectful and focused when working with bamboo.
As, primarily a craftsperson , I have been hoping that educators have developed hand books for instructors as an aid in presenting bamboo workshops.
I have also searched far and wide for childrens books about bamboo,and it's uses, and have been largely unsuccesful.
(Bamboo's first Picture Word Book has nothing to do with bamboo).
Has anyone found a good book?
We have been invited to a symposium on youth gardening and nature education - Get Growing - Keep Going
Several hundered educators will be in attendance.
We will be promoting bamboo and getting feed-back.
I am asking anyone for input, so that we can show that those have who loved and promoted bamboo in so many ways, are prepared to educate today's children as tommorrows leaders.
Bamboos' greatest asset is to help keep us in touch with and respect nature, and to learn more about ourselves through this interaction.
Mark
Carole and I have conducted severasl bamboo workshops that also included children 5 years and older.
For almost all, this is their first time ever of working with bamboo.
Children are very inquisitive, and these workshops provide a trememdous opportunity to present the past history, present and future potential of bamboo.
However, especially with young boys, they often discover too, that bamboo can be a potential weapon, and. This provides us with the opportunity to address the need to avoid the mindset where-by so many grown-ups today are pre-occupied with hatred and warfare.
Working with bamboo, the foremost issue is safety, because bamboo, however beautiful, has a sharp edge, that can cause deep wounds.
This is why one must be very respectful and focused when working with bamboo.
As, primarily a craftsperson , I have been hoping that educators have developed hand books for instructors as an aid in presenting bamboo workshops.
I have also searched far and wide for childrens books about bamboo,and it's uses, and have been largely unsuccesful.
(Bamboo's first Picture Word Book has nothing to do with bamboo).
Has anyone found a good book?
We have been invited to a symposium on youth gardening and nature education - Get Growing - Keep Going
Several hundered educators will be in attendance.
We will be promoting bamboo and getting feed-back.
I am asking anyone for input, so that we can show that those have who loved and promoted bamboo in so many ways, are prepared to educate today's children as tommorrows leaders.
Bamboos' greatest asset is to help keep us in touch with and respect nature, and to learn more about ourselves through this interaction.
Mark