Weaving

These weaving looms were a Christmas gift from my mom. She also followed up with some additional weaving supplies on Valentine’s Day. She must REALLY want some potholders. But seriously, my kids really got into it. For two days straight they were weaving fools. It brought back memories of making these when I was a kid.

Zoe is weaving in soccer gear. I bet you never knew weaving was a contact sport. It can get really physical, especially right around the shin region. I’m actually very impressed that Zoe stuck with this. She’s not one to like to focus on anything for a long time, but she did great with this project.

I always love it when math sneaks its way into our daily routine. It’s a hard thing for me to want to teach math on purpose, so it’s always a welcome surprise when math shows up uninvited. Well, kind of a welcome surprise, as long as it’s elementary math that I can figure out. While weaving we talked a lot about patterns.

We talked about shapes too. This was how Nehemiah was using his weaving loom.

He used his like this too. Took him about 3 minutes to figure out how to make it into a weapon.

He also used the finished potholders to transport cars. Very resourceful.

That’s Luther’s little hand trying to grab the potholders. He loved the texture. The girls didn’t want him touching them after they worked so hard on them.

Tony told the kids he wanted to take the potholders to work to use as a coaster for his coffee mug. The girls were then inspired to make 13 to take to all of his co-workers. I love their hearts for giving, but that goal hasn’t quite panned out yet. I’m very impressed with the four they did complete. And now, we’re on a weaving hiatus.