These are the projects we made to be brought to first through third graders. We made our own knitting needles(first grade) and spindle, so fun. All this wool is plant dyed wool. Of course I made two gnomes. I couldn't come home with just one, my boys wouldn't have approved. These two gnomes are my Sanguine and Phlegmatic ones, air and water. I need to dye some red wool so I can make the Choleric (fire). The blues for the Melancholic (earth). The flute case (which you can learn your times tables on, eventually), rainbow ball and baby bunting were the first we knitted. The horse was fun because of the dividing line (purl) down the back to the top of the head. The jump rope was double finger knitting. I also learned from another student Mari how to finger crochet!
Still have a few other projects to finish up for these grades and invent a few too. Working hard on my sewing basket now, so that I can start everything more organized.
So much more to it than could be explained in written text, hope this all doesn't give the illusion of what we bring to the children as being simple. It is fun to learn, yes! But, every little thing the teacher does along with each project has a deeper purpose in the process of developing the heart, mind and spirit of the child.
