Teaching Handwork

Thank you ladies for your suggestions!!!!!!! I got 2 great suggestions to make a Koala Bear and a Camel for my homework 4 legged animal........

http://scrubberbum.typepad.com/moth_heaven/2006/01/ladies_start_yo.html http://www.owning-alpaca.com/support-files/needlefeltingtutorial.pdf...

It's time to start thinking about doing my homework. we meet up again in February......I hope it snows!!!!!!!!! So maybe you can help m...

my 3rd grader is painting this piece. There is a typo in the video....sorry, for some reason I can't go back and edit it.

I am totally amused by my live feed ..... do people actually come to visit this site that often...are they really people interested in craft...

sending you a very happy season of love and light.

TO do this painting you just need to get your paper wet (top and bottom) use red, yellow, green, blue and indigo paint. The painting of th...

My girls and I made these fun secret Santa gifts this weekend. The first picture is of our Natural monsters......meaning stuffed animal mons...

I just taught my 3rd grader this trick...she loves it http://www.metacafe.com/watch/891715/math_trick_for_your_fingers_easy_multiplication/

. My favorite items I saw this morning.....the list can go on and on....... But I saw some good ideas of things I want to make or have the k...

Okay this is not really for early childhood....only because a bolder comes falling out of the sky and smothers the gnomes. 7th grade made t...

first grade cats ready to go home 1/2 of my first grade and their cats my daughter and her class (3rd grade ) painted the spiral walk candle...

here is a link to another blogger (blueberry cottage) who took some really nice shots of their spiral http://blueberrycottage.blogspot.com/2...

Today I had 1/2 of my 8th graders say Goodbye to the Handwork room. The other 1/2 of the 8th grade will join me after the winter holidays. ...

Here is an update on my curriculum this year.... This happens to be a great place to write stuff down so that next year I can come back and ...

I actually found this really challenging to paint. Maybe I was not in the mood...I don't know. In the end I felt like I would rather hav...

I want you to look at this u tube video at fairies nest http://thefairiesnest.blogspot.com/2008/12/woodmouse.html