Homeschool Program: Woven Wonders
today the lad will be learning the following:
Children 5-12 will learn the basics of hand-spinning and weaving while applying skill
and artistry on their own woven piece. They will learn to spin wool from
fleece by hand, create a handloom, and weave on it.
The rest of the day he will spend at gramma’s while hubby and I kibitz about.
some pictures of yesterday’s learning at the London Art Museum
12 year old lad he spent time chatting with about science
backlooming I think this is called
learning to use a spindle
he couldn’t manage the spindle and the part that moves the yarn up and down so I helped
what he managed to do before getting bored and frustrated.
He also learned how to make a rope which I thought was rather cool.
and he learned about making a simple loom using carboard.
It was all quiet sit down work so we let him learn and then we let him chat. We left a bit early since he was done, we were done and had an errand to run before going to gramma’s.