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In my own experience, boys initially express their interest and willingness simply by coming over and hanging around. They sense something happening, and their eyes light up. They see something "in the air," as it were. Sometimes a few boys will dance around the margins but never really circle in; most will at least come close. I've FOUND that using good quality material is especially helpful -- nothing too pricey, something I can both afford to give away and that they can buy more of if they want more (and they always want more) -- there's an off-white sketch paper that works very well (I won't post brand names here for fear of law suits, but y'all will know which one). Strong, but light; the younger boys especially resonated with a manipulable degree of stiffness. And the results just fly! And once they've seen it happen, they want experience flights of their own – so of course I don't just show them how manipulate the paper, but how to launch the plane. They get the hang of it pretty fast, and they amongst their friends show each other all sorts of techniques. But you know, even as they learned back then to launch their little missiles all by themselves, they still wanted me to help build them. They often came back to nestle in the lap of a fellow who really knows how to put together those little paper airplanes. How would boys show their "interest and willingness?" What a weird friggn' question! Make a few paper airplanes for them, and they will come! |