first grade

My first graders classroom. She is so happy!!!! I love it!

My 1st graders placemats

sew good side facing good side. Don't sew up bottom

Turn inside out. and sew up bottom.

Next sew on TOP of the mat round the edge to make it nice and flat

wet felting color wheel and felting with your first grader

My first grader and I woke up this morning and just really wanted to felt! So here are our creations!

we felt outside on a picnic table so that the water goes through it.use very little fleece...no clumps warm water and soap just use yoru hands to put the water on or an empty soap bottle. only gently push down to make sure the water is getting into the woolpat for 10 minsroll into a rice mat for 15 mins. rinse with water

1st grade and 4th grade handwork

1st grade Rainbow Pentatonic Flute case.

Cast on 18 stitches of bulky brown sheep yarn. dark on the bottom light to the top.

This pattern does not show the light dark as well as it should

Talk to the kids about the rainbow before hand. Make sure they understand what that means.

If you choose red on the bottom the next color is either Orange or Purple

If you choose Blue on the bottom the next color would either be Purple or Green. 

After that they need to finish with the rainbow pattern.

so red on bottom and they choose Orange next, after that comes yellow and they might want to end with white because green would be darker than yellow. etc.

10 rib rows

20 knit rows per color

Below is a seed stitch needle book for after their handwork bag and cross stitch is done. This needle book will hold pins and needles given to them in 4th grade and used again in 6th grade. 

the bag at the bottom is a bag that my own 4th grader made this week

This bag wad done at home by my 4th grader