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Your Handwork Stash

Up until this point, we have been thinking about intangibles – ideas, creativity, brain patterns, skills.

It’s time to talk about things you can touch & see & smell & even hear.

The tools & materials that you use to teach children handwork are almost (perhaps, at times, more) important than the skills. Children’s senses are very keen & highly attuned to everything that goes on around them. Every sense impression affects them deeply & shapes their hearts & minds in either positive or negative ways.

In this lesson, we are going to explore the tools & materials that you will need to teach your children the basic handwork skills. You’ll make an inventory of what you have on hand & start your “shopping lists” for your next season.

Before we begin, here are a few of my most used materials, tools & resources.

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Lesson 5

First –

PRINT the 8 Handwork Stash Sheets for this lesson HERE.

You will now have :

  • Your Handwork Stash Tool Inventory Sheets (2)
  • Your Handwork Stash Material Inventory Sheet
  • Fabric Inventory Sheet
  • Fibre Inventory Sheet
  • Basic Tool Description Sheets (3)

Next –

With these sheets in hand, you’re ready to start Lesson 5.

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In our next lesson, you’ll receive guidelines for planning & implementing the actual lessons (how, where, when) & some great ideas for setting up & organizing your space. You will also learn some techniques for maintaining your children’s interest levels & motivation!

BONUSES !!

One aspect of learning skills, which I didn’t really dig into in the last lesson, was the idea of right brain vs. left brain learners.

Theoretically, most boys are more inclined to be right brainers & girls to be left brainers (with of course some children switching this rule or even straddling between the two sides). If you are teaching boys, I HIGHLY suggest that you read this post & as much as you can on this blog.

The author is well versed in the various ways that children can learn.

Reading her list of WHEN a right vs. left brain will develop various skills was an epiphany for me – I mean it really changed how I teach my son.

Click here — The Right Side of Normal

AND then check out –

this POST which showcases some wild & wonderful studio spaces NOT the kind you see in those “studio”mags!  I particularly like Virginia Bate’s vintage shop.

I collect images that give me ideas of how I can make my own studio even more fun & productive on my Pinterest boards (STUDIO & INSPIRATION).

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