What is tinkering?
Tinkering is messy but highly productive work. When we tinker, we fiddle around with things. Rather than following a series of steps in a process, task directions, or a teacher’s directives, we play with things in order to improve them or uncover solutions we didn’t even know we needed in the first place.
Tinkering enables us to know things deeply–well enough to reinvent them.
Tinkering helps us know ourselves better as well. When we tinker, we slow down, wonder, practice patience, and become more mindful.
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Angela Stockman
A proud Buffalonian, Angela Stockman is the founder of the WNY Young Writers' Studio and a full time education consultant. She spends each week day learning and working beside teachers and each weekend digging in her garden, giggling with her kids, and enjoying her husband's cooking. Find her on Twitter at @angelastockman.
