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Assemble real projects, step by step.
Brave Hands
Created by Raheem Harvey, an experienced educator and school leader with teaching experience in the United States, South Korea, and China.
Let Them Build Something Real.
Curious Minds. Capable Hands.
A hands-on Builders Club for kids ages 7 to 12, with programs launching in the Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA areas. Kids build real projects, solve real problems, and discover what they’re capable of.
No building experience needed. Just curiosity and a willingness to try.
Created by Raheem Harvey, an experienced educator and school leader with teaching experience in the United States, South Korea, and China.
01 What is Brave Hands?
Some of the best learning happens when kids are given something to figure out.
Brave Hands gives children real opportunities to measure, design, build, solve problems, make mistakes, try again, and create something real.
Brave Hands is not about turning every child into a carpenter. It is about helping kids become curious, capable, confident problem solvers. The kind who look at something hard and think, “Let me try.”
- Measure
- Design
- Build
- Solve
- Try again
- Create something real
02 Founding Builders Club
Four Saturdays. Real skills that build week after week.
Our signature program is a four-week Builders Club. Every week brings something new to build, learn, and figure out.
Founding Builders Club
Founding price
$225 per builder for four weeks
4 weeks | Four Saturdays
- Each Saturday90 min to 2 hrs
- Ages7 to 12
- Group size10 builders max
- Planned cohorts10:00 AM or 1:00 PM
- MarketsBaltimore, MD + Philadelphia, PA
- All project materials included
- Tool and safety instruction included
- No experience required
Baltimore AreaWhite Marsh / Perry Hall and surrounding communities
Philadelphia AreaVenue announced with cohort registration
Exact dates, available cohort times, and venue information will be announced when each location opens for registration.
Join the Founding Families ListHow four weeks build on each other
This isn’t four unrelated activities. Builders stay with the same small group all four Saturdays, so skills and confidence carry from one week to the next.
- Get comfortable with the tools. Learn how each tool works and how to use it safely.
- Practice and repeat. Skills get stronger by using them again on something new.
- Take on bigger problems. Builders work through challenges that ask a little more of them.
- Build with independence. Kids lean on what they’ve learned, learn from mistakes, and finish proud.
Choose one cohort. We’re planning 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM Builders Clubs, and builders stay in the same cohort for all four Saturdays. Available cohort times will be confirmed when registration opens for each location.
Made for kids who…
- Learn by doing
- Love figuring things out
- Have never used tools before
- Already love building
Builders who complete a Founding Builders Club cohort are recognized as Founding Builders.
Looking for a one-time experience? Selected Single Build Workshops may be offered throughout the year for $65 per builder, as separate one-time experiences.
03 Project reveal
What Will They Build?
That is part of the fun.
We intentionally do not reveal every Brave Hands project ahead of time. Builders arrive knowing they are going to create something. They discover exactly what that is when the experience begins.
Projects may involve measuring, designing, assembling, sanding, fastening, problem solving, and other practical building skills.
You will know when you get here.
You will know how you built it when you leave.
04 Why Brave Hands?
Screens are part of growing up. So is this.
Technology is an important part of children’s lives, and we’re not here to replace it. But some things a screen can’t teach: the feel of a measurement that’s a little off, the patience of fixing it, and the pride of holding something you built yourself.
Not anti-technology. Pro-balance.
- Measure something.
- Figure out why it doesn’t fit.
- Try again.
- Learn how a tool works.
- Build something real.
MEASURE
Read a ruler, mark a line, check the fit.
DESIGN
Plan it and think it through first.
CREATE
Make it their own and take it home.
SOLVE
Figure out what went wrong and fix it.
05 Meet the founder
Hi, I’m Raheem.
I’m an educator and school leader who has worked with children and school communities in the United States and internationally, including teaching in South Korea and China.
Read Raheem’s story“I do not want kids to just be told they are capable. I want to give them opportunities to discover it for themselves.”
Raheem Harvey, Founder
Schools, groups & birthday parties
You bring the builders and the space. We bring the experience.
06 Founding Families
Be One of Our Founding Families.
Brave Hands is preparing to launch Founding Builders Club cohorts in the Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA areas. Each cohort is limited to 10 builders.
Founding Families receive:
- 48-hour early access to registration before remaining spaces are released publicly
- Access to the $225 Founding Builders Club price
- First notice of cohort dates and venue information
- First opportunity to choose from available cohort times
Venue information will be announced when each cohort opens for registration.
Free to join. No commitment. No payment required. Joining the list does not reserve a seat.