My husband likes to take things apart. A couple of days ago he had pulled the DVD player apart for a repair. The littles watched in awe of all the little screws and parts and were instructed only to watch, not to touch. The repair job worked for about 30 minutes before breaking again and we discussed what could be done.
We came to the conclusion that it should be disassembled as a learning experience and the kids could spend some quality time with their Dad.
They had so much fun finding all the screws and taking them out one by one, actually two by two as they both had screwdrivers. At each step Matt told them the names of the parts and then quizzed them later. They spent the better part of an hour playing with it.
So the next time a small appliance breaks in our house it will be saved for future dissasembling with Dad. There's nothing like some quality time taking things apart and it's hard to say who of the three enjoyed it more. :)
