Kids are creative. Give them a task and they can come up
with a million different inventive solutions to the problem.
Kids and teachers are busy while they are in school. I think
sometimes, at no fault of the teacher, time to allow for kids to be creative
can be lacking.
In my close to seven years working in informal science
education I am always amazed that when I tell students they can use whatever it
is they want to build a boat, their eyes light up. Often times the materials
they select to use are items that I have brought from home instead of recycling
(egg cartons, empty milk containers, Trader Joe’s coffee tins).
We want this site to serve as a resource for folks who like
us, want to continue the creative processes going while our children are not in
school. We are going to host Garage Creative Events in our Garage and share
them with the world. We hope the world will then in turn, participate with us
with these events and we can create a global community. We will provide the
content, the how to, and what will be needed for these. I would also like to
have Google hangouts with our ga-venters ( it is cheesy but think garage inventers
and I think kids will really like it!) so they can meet people from different
areas.
But why the garage? One word, Apple. Can you imagine what
would have happened if Steve Jobs had been given a garage when he was five? Or
worse, not given a garage?
There are of course other reasons. Earlier this year, we
held a shark dissection (which you can see on our facebook page) and invited
folks from around the neighborhood. It had a very community oriented feel to
it, which just happens to be another goal of our venture, to involve our
community in family discovery. Another reason for the garage is it is a place
to get messy! Finally, it already has all the tools needed for us to ga-vent.
That is all for now. We are going to begin the process,
which will be documented, of turning our regular garage into one that inspires
creativity. We will show you what we use, how we do it, and all the amazing
things we come up with. We hope you will join us!
Peace and love,
The Garage Creative
