“Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” ~John Dewey
We’ve been sewing in this classroom since the very beginning. I use to do all of the design work and stitching with the kids and then we discovered Anne Marie and her wonderful design techniques and now we have a professional come in once a week and work one on one with the kids to [...]
Every Wednesday (when they aren’t in Columbia for two months – hey you guys, we miss you so much!) Anne Marie, Isabel’s mom, and our resident seamstress, and sometimes baby Andres come in to sew with the kids. It is a much anticipated event. The kids plan what they are going to make, sketch it [...]
We’re always sewing in the classroom. If you would like to learn how to sew too, go check out LuckyStitches. It starts this very weekend with Meet Your Machine! Zanne is one of our lovely CSWS parents and she will help you create a handmade holiday!
Last year we sewed by hand. This year I introduced sewing on the machine. It is the favorite activity in the classroom. Last week Asher made a Batty Cat, which led his sister, Vega, to make her own Batty Cat at home along with her own design, a flower. Asher also sewed a wizard cape [...]
Today I gave Paul some sewing machine lessons, so that he can help the kids sew. Sometimes I feel like I’m chained to the sewing machine during open classroom. I LOVE it but I want to play Lego’s too!
The inspiration. Amy, Zavier’s mom borrowed our book one weekend and made Zavier a Batty Cat, which was a huge hit in our classroom during sharing time. Asher picked this material because he has a “blankie” made out of it on his bed and he wanted Batty Cat to be camouflaged and then pop up [...]
We go to Daystar every other Thursday to visit with the seniors and then to hang out at Castle Park. Every other Thursday we have previously (last year and two trips this year) gone on other types of field trips such as taking the bus to Lincoln Park or going to the library. Last year [...]
Brigit, who just itches to sew every minute of open classroom, works on her wrap skirt: Alex works on his long shirt, which he decided kind of looked like armor: Flynn works on her glamorous purse design: Talin was so inspired by Flynn’s purse that he decided he wanted to make a wallet, which caught [...]
Today we had our first art class with Trisha. We split the group into two and she taught each group, one after the other, about face drawing and the spacial relations of our face – where our eyes are in relation to our ears and so on. There was much speculation as to whether she [...]
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December 6, 2009
Michelle Taylor
