The classroom can be equipped with the materials needed to create individual projects such as making a small stuffed pillow or pincushion, sewing a book cover, or making a small quilt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCreating the Sewing Exercises<\/p>\n
We’ve all had the experience of a button or hook coming off one of the dressing frames. I recall a child’s sense of order being disturbed when discovering that the large button frame was missing a button. This was the opportunity to first bring out the button box for the child to find a matching button, then to introduce the\u00a0Button Sewing Exercise, and finally to watch him sew the button on the frame without the aid of the embroidery hoop. The process was lengthy – it took more than a week – but the sense of accomplishment for the child was obvious.<\/p>\n
You can easily create sewing lessons for your classroom. Or you might want to consider all or some of our\u00a0Sequential Sewing Exercises. Developed by an experienced Montessori teacher, they include everything needed, along with lesson descriptions. The final item is the classroom sewing and mending basket which can be used for repair or to create items.<\/p>\n
Weaving, Knitting and More<\/p>\n
The repetition of movements when weaving or knitting is soothing and calming for many children (and adults). On a\u00a0Peg Loom\u00a0a child can weave a coaster or small mat. Some classrooms have the space for a freestanding loom, which allows many children to have a part in the creation of a small rug or tabletop runner.<\/p>\n
Learning to knit on the\u00a0Knitting Tower\u00a0fine-tunes the small muscles of the hand while transforming a single piece of yarn into a knitted tube. And the next step might be learning to knit. Some schools are fortunate enough to have special teachers or parents to assist individual children in learning these skills.<\/p>\n
Once you introduce needlework activities to the Practical Life area, you will be amazed by the interest displayed as the children learn these useful skills. Along the way, the children improve their concentration and coordination, and will think of numerous projects that encourage them to become independent and successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the new school year approaches, you undoubtedly are thinking of ways to rejuvenate some of your “tried and true” exercises, and create some new activities for those returning children who are still perfecting their basic physical movements. If you have not included sewing and weaving in the Practical Life area, you may want to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}