Busy Little Hands | The Art of Deconstruction

Hello, Home Edders! It's been a while. I guess there really wasn't much to share that I haven't shared before.

Today though, I managed to encourage the Little Man to write a short blog in their account, @divinekids. It was supposed to be a writing/Language Arts activity, but since he said he plans to save money (to buy a laptop!), he decided to make it into a Hive Post instead.

Blogging To Save. The Time I Felt Really Happy

Anyhow, I was browsing through my phone's gallery and found these photos of Little Man and Little Miss tinkering through some gadgets after they got interested when they saw me working on them. It became a very random learning experience for these two which is I could say is very common in our homeschool.

A new laptop master?

I never really tried to open up a laptop before. However, my laptop recently died after hanging on to dear life for a few months. Regardless, I was still not able to make a back up of my files. When the day finally came, I was left without access to my files for another few months.

It got me wondering if I will be able to retrieve the hard drive from the laptop so that I can recover my files. There was nothing to lose since my laptop was already broken -- I took the opportunity to learn.

Likewise, when I was done, the kids also wanted to try. Little Man started to unscrew the laptop's bottom cover again. In the below photo, he encountered a problem where the screw's head was already stripped out. He had to strategize on which screw driver to use. He ended up using a bigger screw driver because that latched better to the screw head and yes, it worked!

Deconstruction & Reconstruction

Children love to dismantle stuff, which is a good thing since it lets them see how things are made up. They can see how these parts are put together and with more observation they can also have the opportunity to learn how they work.

After they take things apart, they can attempt to put them back together again or much better, they can also create something new from it.

Curiosity, Problem Solving Skills, and Creativity

Deconstruction is not just about tearing things apart but it also inspires the kids to imagine and encourages a creative mindset.

From the littlest thing as deciding what ends to connect and which tools to use, these kinds of activities present lots of learning opportunities in a fun way.

These kids of activities happen every now and then in our homeschool. Sometimes they are too random, some are planned. At the end of they day, what's important is they always learn something new in our activities and that they enjoy what we do.

How about you, anything you've deconstructed so far in your homeschool?

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