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Mary G
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Posted: Sept 28 2007 at 5:08pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
is there a good book/reference out there that helps describe the how-to's and benefits ... is this in the Overview book from Christopherus or anywhere else that would help a newbie understand the whole thing?

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Posted: Sept 28 2007 at 7:28pm | IP Logged Quote BrendaPeter
Hi Mary,

There's a small section (p. 228-229) in "You Are Your Child's First Teacher" that talks about the "warmth" of beeswax vs. the coldness of clay. She says the clay "robs the body of warmth" which is why the beeswax is used for younger children. Sounds a bit anthroposophic to me & there's alot of that in this book but then again maybe it's true...

Is that what you wanted to know?

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Time for a science break: any time we warm a substance in our hands, some of the heat from our bodies is transfered (conductive heat loss) to the object we are warming. Otherwise it wouldn't get warm, would it? It matters not if that object is clay or wax or stone or someone else's hand. To say one material "robs the body of warmth" while another doesn't, not only is anthropomorphosizing (giving human attributes to inanimate objects) it is just plain silly.
Brenda, I am so glad that you caught on to that foolishness.

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Posted: Sept 28 2007 at 9:23pm | IP Logged Quote chicken lady
Mary, it is kind of like the wooden needles over the metal needles of knitting. (That is the theory of benefits.)   As for how to, you just mold and shape much like you would any clay. Does that make sense?
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