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Perception
(4–5 sessions)
• Communicate through science journals.
• Make word and fabric cards.
• Count seams.
• Count pockets and make graphs.
• Set up an ongoing fabric center.
• Show how knit fabric is made. |
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FOSS Science Stories: Fabric, "What Is Fabric
Made From?"
• A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert and
Anita Lobel (illustrator) |
Families
play "I'm thinking of a fabric and it is ..." Students
make lists and drawings of four things at home that are made
of fabric. |
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Touch
(4–5 sessions)
• Communicate through science journals.
• Make a class book based on The Emperor's New Clothes.
• Make colorful caps.
• Make small pattern quilts.
• Simulate yarn-dye and piece-dye techniques.
• Make a quilt.
• Make a tooth-fairy pillow.
• Tie-dye T-shirts.
• Try a modified batik.
• Mix colors.
• Take a field trip. |
•
FOSS Science Stories: Fabric, "How Are Fabrics
Used?"
• Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion and Margaret
Bloy Graham (illustrator) |
A paper
cup becomes a simple circular loom. Parents cut slits in the
sides, and students weave string or yarn through the slits,
to make a decorative pencil holder. |
