Jack McKee is a builder, designer, teacher and writer. He has worked as a mechanic, remodeled houses, built small boats, designed (and built) equipment used by children’s museums, schools and preschools. His design for Builder Boards and for a marble roll are used in children’s museums around the country, Jack worked at a Montessori school teaching ＂shop＂ to preschoolers, taught woodworking and science for the local parks department, had a traveling science caravan, worked with autistic children, taught ＂Woodworking for Kids,＂ a workshop for teachers, and helped kids build boats and cardboard domes. His articles have appeared in Home Education, Tech Directions, Early Childhood Today and Wooden Boat and on various internet sites. He has written two books, Woodshop For Kids and Builder Boards.