"We know that we want kids to be learning hands-on and make discoveries in their own backyard.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

The Green Summer program provided young people with hands-on experience and education on issues of environmental importance.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

She uses both hands to finger-tap on the flat narrow part of the guitar called the fretboard.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

But only a few schools offer experience in traditional hands-on field work in addition to classes.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Mention rehabilitation for stroke victims, and you probably think of hands-on therapists working to restore speech or mobility.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

The hands-on strategy is also applied to "field schools" for adults already working the land.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"I think anything hands-on is going to get really, really into the technology.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

This is a hands-on piece of art. The public is encouraged to touch it.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Reports from the first round of voting detailed a number of violent attacks by the Taliban, including rocket fire and the amputations of ink-stained fingers on voters' hands.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

But he says hands-on experience makes all the difference.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26