To continue to advance our sewing skills using white thread on black cloth seemed perfect for sewing spider webs during Halloween week. I wasn't sure if the kids were ready to sew on regular cloth yet - so I found a black mesh that let them see the holes better. You can't really see it in the pictures - it was much darker in person. I also put out spider rings that they could thread through their webs.
On our last day I dedided to introcue the next sewing step. For my "pull out time" during centers (this is when I work with each child one on one). I helped them make their own spider web. They were introduced to a lot of new things in this activity - which is why I wanted to do it one on one with each child. First: It was real fabric. Second: Real needles. Third: An embroidery hoop. Fourth: A pattern.
As you can see I wrote letters on both sides of the circle - so they had to match - A across to A. B across to B, etc. They also had to remember to go down, up, down up, and not around the wooden part of the hoop. This was also great letter recognition. We threaded a spider onto their web at the end. These kids were so proud of their webs, many of them couldn't believe I was letting them take it home!
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