Let child tinker -
文章来源: TJKCB 于 2019-02-25 19:06:04

Let child tinker - the act of making some small changes to something, in an attempt to improve it or repair in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect. Why?

Opinion: What is the value of tinkering? It helped develop Stephen Hawking's creativity, and we should encourage it in our children

 

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Dictionary result for tinker

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verb
gerund or present participle: tinkering
  1. attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect.
    "he spent hours tinkering with the car"
    synonyms: try to mend/improve, work amateurishly on, fiddle with, play (about/around) with, toy with, trifle with, dally with, dabble with, potter about with, fool about/around with; More
    • archaic
      attempt to mend (something) by tinkering.