{"id":1484,"date":"2015-09-10T04:23:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T08:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:26:59","slug":"ideas-worth-sharing-bringing-a-lesson-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/ideas-worth-sharing-bringing-a-lesson-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas Worth Sharing &#8211;  Bringing a Lesson to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We survey many of our customers and sometimes ask them what they use the products they are buying for. We continue to be wowed by your creative, resourceful and genius ideas, so we want to share them for others to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>A homeschool mom from Florida shared with us how she used our\u00a0Unfinished Wooden Keel Boat\u00a0to teach a lesson on Lewis &amp; Clark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I am a homeschool mom and I group teach in a co-op organization. I am teaching Lewis and Clark this semester to 3-5 graders and am a very hands-on teacher. When we studied the type of boats Lewis &amp; Clark went up the Missouri on, I decided I wanted the kids to make a keel boat. I went online to get ideas on how to do this and found this kit. It was so inexpensive and was exactly what I wanted. I was a little leary that it would be missing parts, or be VERY cheap, but I was quite surprised and pleased. The kits were perfect, easy to put together, and made of real wood. We just added drops of our own wood glue and we taped the masts, since they didn&#8217;t stay on without help. But those supplies I already had. All in all, I was very happy with the purchase, and the students had a great time building them!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Item Suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/unfinished-wooden-sailboat-unassembled-WD1086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wooden Sailboat<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/unfinished-wooden-paddle-boat-unassembled-WD6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wooden Paddleboat<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/pirate-ship-craft-kit-GP1690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wooden Ship Craft Kit<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on this idea and what you would add to it below in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject.jpg\" alt=\"boat craft\" width=\"1254\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject-1024x924.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject-220x199.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boatproject-332x300.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We survey many of our customers and sometimes ask them what they use the products they are buying for. 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