"The goal is for the students to create and walk away with an heirloom."
The Butterfly Joint is a woodworking and design studio for children grades kindergarten and up.
Lead by Danny Montoya, a credentialed early-childhood educator with more than a decade of experience in the classroom, The Butterfly Joint offers classes and camps that instill the importance of focus, problem-solving, resilience, determination and responsibility through the timeless art of woodworking.
The Butterfly Joint focuses on teaching children how to create beautiful wood projects from reclaimed and repurposed woods with traditional Japanese hand tools. The goal is for the students to create and walk away with an heirloom.
Along with woodworking skills, The Butterfly Joint focuses on teaching children manners, personal responsibility, problem-solving, antiracism and social justice as well as helping parents reinforce productive social and emotional behaviors for their children.