If you are celebrating Michaelmas with children you may enjoy some of these inspirations from our classroom albums. The following ideas are from our classrooms and Earthschooling member classrooms. Michaelmas is celebrated on September 29. Our featured picture this week is of two puppets. One is a dragon and one is a horse. They can […]
Knitted Stories
Finger Knitting Story for Boys & Girls
Today we planted herb gardens, tasted herbal tea, did a flower form-drawing, made some “story gardens” and enjoyed many stories. During free time the boys all decided to finger-knit so I decided to make up a story for them. They were doing that project that boys often do where they want to finger-knit the entire […]
Knitted Stories: Lily Gets Lost
Lily the little lavender unicorn was a sweet girl and very curious. She was always asking her mother questions like, “Mama, why is the butterfly painted?” or “Mama, where does the butterfly go?” or “Mama, what is in that grass over there?” or “Mama, who is that over there with the long ears that is […]
Candycane-icorn Falls Into the Hot Chocolate: A Knitting Story
Ever since I made this little gal she has been into everything in the house. Perhaps that is why I have had a hard time adopting her out. But I don’t have time to go into all the trouble she has gotten into! I will just share with you what she did last week. Candy […]
Knitted Stories: Firefly and Dragonfly
Original Story Copyright by Kristie Burns Dragonfly has always been one of my favorite mother’s. She is full of fire and energy and always has something new and exciting for her little unicorn children to do. She even named her child firefly because he reminded her of the little fireflies that flit to and fro […]