Sewing Unit Study – Day 2

Day 2 of our unit study was started off with a short children’s book.  (My daughter does not seem to be interested in history but she really liked this short & colorful children’s book.)  If you feel the history segment of this lesson is too short, you can of course, read a chapter book about Betsy Ross instead of the short children’s book suggested.

History & Writing

Read:  Betsy Ross – written and illustrated by Alexandra Wallner

Make 5 pointed star from instructions in back of book and place in sewing notebook (this can be as simple as a composition book or a 3-ring binder that you add your own pages. we are using a composition book)

Next to your 5 pointed star (in notebook), have your child write a written narration of what she learned about Betsy Ross  (You might want your child to do a rough draft first so that you can check for spelling and grammar errors.  I have found this way of teaching grammar to be much more effective than grammar books, although those are important, too.  After their narration is checked, they can then complete the final draft and add it to their notebook.)

Arts & Crafts

Complete pegboard (optional) from Day 1 of our Sewing Unit Study.  Here is the link to the steps we took to complete our peg board.

We painted the pegboard, added ric-rac, screwed on wall and placed then placed our pegs (purchased at Home Depot) into our board.

Here are a few pictures of our completed peg boards.

Next, have your child prepare the fabric samples.  Have her take the material purchased at the fabric store and cut a 4×4″ square from each fabric.  She can then zig-zag around each sample to prevent fraying.

For each fabric sample, write have your child write on a piece of masking tape the type of material and what it’s used for (we only wrote what it’s used for if it was especially different or we were unfamiliar with it) and then place on back of fabric sample. When completed, she can place the fabric samples on ring or use large safety pin.

Here are some pictures of the steps we took for this project.

These are the fabrics we purchased.

This shows the zig-zagging around edges before strings were cut.

Writing the name of the fabric as well as what it’s used for.  Masking tape is the only thing we could think of that would stick well.

Our completed fabric sample collection.

You will, of course, need to have an independent math program to go along with this study

If I have written anything that needs clarifying, please ask, or if you have a suggestion on how to improve my unit study, I would be very happy to hear it.  Remember, I have a basic understanding of sewing.  I am no expert but I have a daughter that wants to learn so I’m trying to accomodate her interests.  This study can be challenging (think intimidating!) if you don’t have any sewing skills but we’re trying.  I hope, by posting of our steps here, it can be of help to someone else.

If you’re working on a project or have completed one, please link up below.  Young and old alike.  We’d love to see what you have done and to be inspired!

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