When comes to developing an appreciation for keeping craft alive and learning real building skills, it’s never too early to start. The six stories below cover everything from inmates to third graders learning to build.
Oklahoma City school’s tiny house project grows into community effort
10 high school students developed real world building skills and put their classroom learning to practical use when building this tiny house. On this project, they spent three days building for every two days in the classroom.
Habitat for Humanity building new home in Winchester
This is the seventh Habitat for Humanity home built by John Handley High School students. This particular home is being built for a refugee family.
Berkeley County technical school recognized for tiny home building
Students (and faculty) from James Rumsey Technical Institute were honored with the Donald R. Myers Humanitarian Award to recognize their efforts in building tiny homes for flood victims.
Tiny house on the market built by Concord high school students
This tiny house was built entirely by high school students and is expected to sell for approximately $20,000, which is incredibly affordable since the home is in the San Francisco bay area.
Tiny house celebrated, but not teacher-builder
The teacher-builder on this project had to fight the good fight to get this project done right. He fight to keep to keep the students on the project landed him in hot water, but it all worked out.
Third graders employ math skills to build, donate two dog houses
This story proves it’s almost never too early to start learning the building craft. In this case dozens of elementary students took part in the build of two dog houses that were eventually donated to a local animal welfare group.
