In the Classroom

The second graders are weaving!!! I personally love to weave. Teaching weaving is a difficult task, but so rewarding when the light bulb finally turns on.

On Day 1 of the project, I do an introduction of all the different types of weavings, weaving materials, and terms. The students then paint one piece of paper with the warm colors, and the second with the cool colors. The watercolors dry very quickly. So, when the pages are dry we trace around all the different colors and values of color with sharpie.

On Day 2, I demonstrate weaving students together. The kids love it!!! We then create our loom out of one of the papers. And the second piece of paper we cut into strips for the weft. Next, we weave them together. And lastly, glue the weaving down on a square white paper. If there are strips left students gut them up and glue around the weaving.

Next, time we will create a frame for the weavings out of brown paper, construction paper crayons, and metallic markers.