Gnome party, stone soup, 1st grade flutes and 4th grade

Last week of school.....lots of parties and plays and water play days

Gnomes in a basket last few 1st grade flute cases. 26 kids in that class

3rd grade crochet stone soup puppets

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

4th grade waldorf steiner water coloring painting

the fork tail and the rams....story from Hay for my ox

Here are some paintings seen in the 4th grade class.
Hay for my ox is a great book for getting pictures of animals from and good stories for before painting. If you have a beginning reader...it is a good book for them to read too

4th grade cross stitch

Do you see how stiff the Aida cloth is? it's all starched....I buy it that way and it's much easier to use. its 6 count cloth....hard to find!!!!!!!!


My daughter and a friend undoing all the floss so that it can be hung on the rod




During the winter break I received my shipment of DMC 3 embroidery thread for our cross stitch pouch project.
I have allowed the boys to think of the project as an IPOD pouch because they don't want a "purse"