Wow, yesterday got so warm! We are in lockdown at my mum's place as our bathroom is mid - renovations and has no toilet, shower, bath or, well, anything! The plumbers were due to come hook up the water last Wednesday and clearly that couldn't happen so we are here for sliiiiiightly longer than my initial plan of a week or two while our house isn't fit for a family to live in. Luckily mum is enjoying the company, so far! When I packed our bags to come here I didn't plan for a lockdown, or warm weather so the heat took us a bit by surprise, we rolled up our pant legs, the kids ran around in singlets and played with water outside to keep cool.
It was lovely to hear from some of you yesterday, I love hearing about your adventures and seeing your faces and what you have been creating. One of the people I heard from was Leo, he has been busy making things with an incredible collection of buttons. Here is a maze he made, he wanted me to guess how many buttons there were, I lost count at 200 and something, turns out there are 544!
Leo also lined up some buttons on a sushi roll, such a cool idea, maybe you could do something similar at home if you have one? I love that you are finding things in your homes that you can use. Tino pai rawa atu Leo! PS, he also wanted me to guess how many button were on here, I used skip counting in twos to work it out, how many do you think there are?
How did you go with yesterday's magic word square? I've given you a new one today. Remember to practice the letter sounds and actions as you write it out (if your child can't remember any of them, send me an email and I'll help you with it). Once you've got all the letters you can start using your karate chop arms to make words eg: /j/ - /a/ - /m/ - jam! How many can you find today?
Hope you all had a great time helping the people of Numberland yesterday, today we have some more problems happening in the town.
Remember to use materials, Leo's buttons would be very handy!
The King went to his pumpkin storeroom to count his pumpkins and there was only 3 left after Mr Minus giving so many away! The King was worried as he was hosting a dinner party for his friends and the chef was making his famous pumpkin risotto for the main course. He decided to go visit Farmer Plus to ask if he had any more pumpkins ready to harvest. Farmer Plus was happy to oblige and gave King Counting 10 more pumpkins he had harvested earlier. How many pumpkins does the king have now?
3 + 7 = 10
The King was so delighted he raced home to deliver the pumpkins to his chef. When he got there he discovered that Mr Minus had also given away some of his dinner party plates, there were only 4 left in the cupboard. He raced down to the market to visit the potter. Luckily the potter had some identical plates to the kings that had just come out of the kiln. The king purchased 12 more plates to have enough for everyone invited. How many plates did the king have now? 4 + 12 = 16
Meanwhile Mr Minus had moved on to clearing out Queen Equals' wardrobe. He discovered the queen had 10 identical purple dresses, he took 6 of them to donate to the women he had seen in torn dresses earlier that day. How many dresses does Queen Equals have left? 10 - 6 = 4
After clearing out the dresses Mr Minus was about to leave when he noticed the Queen's jewelry. She had 17 pairs of earrings! He selected 6 pairs to go with the dresses and went into town to find the women. How many pairs of earrings does the queen have left? 17 - 6 = 11
Feel free to make up some more problems if your child is wanting more. you can also get them to draw and write the equations.
Obstacle course
Yesterday I foraged around the garage and shed and found some bits of wood, balls, cones, toys etc and made an obstacle course. Of course, after I had made mine Dotty wanted to change it and create her own one. Maybe you could make one too? I'd love to see what you come up with!
That's all from me today, see a note from our lovely handwork teacher, Janice below.
Stay safe, stay sane, do what you can manage and reach out for help if you need.
Arohanui
Stacey
It’s Handwork Day – Here is a project for Home
Kia ora dear Class One community,
I hope you are all happy and well, and able to make the most of this opportunity for some special time together. You are all in my thoughts and I miss seeing you and enjoying the wonderful handwork that you do.
While some of you may already be making things at home others may be finding the lack of resources or inspiration to be standing in the way of doing something. I would like to share with you a simple project to help fire your creativity and keep those fingers nimble. So, may I introduce to you..
Stick Weaving
If you have never tried stick weaving before you will find it is relatively easy to find materials around home or in your local area when out walking or biking. Remember that Papatuanuku, Mother Earth, is such a great provider for natural resources which are ideal to use for this project if you are a little lean on woollen or cotton yarn at home.
You can try the simple natural way .. or the trickier way if you have the resources ..
Image sourced from: https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/using-nature-craft-to-introduce-bushcraft-skills-to-children/
Image sourced from: https://happyhooligans.ca/stick-weaving-y-shaped-stick/
Materials (what you will need)
· A branch shaped in a V shape (any size will do)
· Woollen or cotton yarn in various colours (maybe kitchen string or garden twine)
· Wool sewing needle (only if you have one otherwise fingers are great until you get near the last edge of weaving and then tweezers can be useful to squeeze into a small space)
· Scissors
How to Do Stick Weaving
1. Find a stick
When you are outside at home or on your next walk or bike ride find a sturdy Y-shaped stick that won’t bend or break when you’re weaving on it.
2. Tie on your yarn or string
Begin with an arm’s length piece of yarn. Tie one end of the yarn to a branch, close to the bottom of the Y.
3. String your loom – this is making the warp (strings that go one way)
Take the yarn across to the opposite branch and wrap it around the branch a couple of times before working back across the V. Leave a gap the thickness of your Peter Pointer finger between each. When you reach the top of the stick, tie off your yarn and trim leaving a ‘Mouse’ tail the length of your Pinkie finger.
4. Weaving
Starting close to a branch, at either the top or bottom of the V loom, weave in and out of the threads running across the loom. As you work, use your fingers like a comb to push your weaving over and close up any gaps.
5. Changing Colours
To change to a new yarn colour, simply tie a new colour on with a double knotty, and trim leaving ‘Mouse’ tails to weave in later.
6. Finishing
To finish your project, cut your yarn, and weave it into the back of your design.
So, you are ready to go. This is just a starter and I know you will come up with some great ideas of your own. Your project can be as large or small as you wish to make it, so get creative – have fun with it!
Finally, remember to look after yourself so just do as much as you would like to. You may wish to do some of it on the days you would normally have handwork just to keep a little of your school week rhythm going. If it is something you enjoy and it makes you feel good then by all means do as much as you like!
I would love to hear how you are doing and see some photos if you can manage this. Please feel free to send me something at janiceb@ch.steiner.school.nz
Take care and make the most of this time. Happy weaving!!
Arohanui
Janice
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