Last days of summer

It's hard to believe that autumn officially begins tomorrow.  It has been so uncharacteristically warm here so we've been getting the most out of enjoying every day as it comes.  Like walking to the beach near our home.

 

Where Julen got to have his first ride on a swing.

 

And at the preschool we've been going on lots of nature walks.  We gathered sticks and feathers and acorns and birch bark and water horsetail and used all of it to do our first handwork project.  We made beautiful weavings (inspiration found here and here).

 

The kids were quite skilled at moving their little fingers in and out of the warp with yarn in their hand.

 

And yes, I helped them a lot with this project, but for the most part they were very involved.  It was a perfect activity to tie in with our autumnal story of a woman weaving her blanket to get ready for the chilly winter months ahead.

 

(My apologies to all of you who use some kind of blog reader...my multiple re-posts are due to the fact that when I add a link in my text, typepad freezes and I have to re-boot my computer and -yes- start the entire post from scratch.  Anyone encounter this problem before?  It's making me just a little bit crazy and not too interested in posting these days.)

Comments

[Lil' d]

Those look great!

I made a simple loom out of an old picture frame, intending it for my son to try. My 3 year old daughter had a go and loved it. I'll admit, I was thinking 'oh great, this is going to be one of those things where I either let her tie herself up in knots, or I'll attempt to help and she'll skewer me with that stick' (she's a determined little wench), but she took to it right away.

[homemoma]

adorable. do you have your schoolblog also or will you write about it here?

[RID]

Feliz otoño y sobretodo feliz curso escolar!!!! Un beso para todos. Julen está muy mayor!!!!
Kisses from Barcelona

[sarah]

How fun to see those looms! We are firmly in autumn here with the leaves beginning to turn.

[carolyn]

My goodness how your little one has grown it only seems like yesterday ...
Those looms make a marvellous display.

[painted fish studio]

switch to wordpress! :)

it's so fun to see what's going on at the preschool. i'm still so excited for you! happy first day of autumn, here's to more sunny warm days!

[louise]

congratulations! your little schoolhouse is precious and so is the gift you are giving the children. the weaving is wonderful, takes me back to when mine were littlies.
and how beautiful is your julien!

xxx

[Anna]

I love the weavings! They're wonderful. I'm going to ask Seth if he wants to have a go at one as I think one would look great on my wall. Maybe we can do a mother/son creation.

[Melissa]

I love those looms! My daughter is going to love this!

[Jen b]

i love that little hands made those beautiful projects. oh how i miss mr.julen and mr. peanut and their mama. xo

[Sonya]

I've been carting around a frame loom that I found for sale for $8, I cannot wait to warp it up and let the kids have at. Your little looms are so lovely.

[erika]

Ooh, I love these! Great idea!

[DeeLight]

I love this. We must do this with our Girl Scouts!! All ages will enjoy this activity. Thanks for sharing.

[The Mommy]

Oh I just love those looms! They work the kids did is simply gorgeous. I found you from the Crafty Crow...this is a wonderful post. Thank you so much for sharing. I love this idea!

[Christina]

those are so cool it totally gets me excited about her being so close to being able to do stuff like that...

[Kristel]

Those weavings, so lovely! What a super-idea!

[Meredith]

These are awesome!! Thank you!

[SnippetyGibbet]

Very nice. And it is interesting enough that I could use it with preschool as well as my older Art Club.