Hi Anna, thank you for your kind words.
This weekend is the local ag show and some of my girls have entered their work,
So it is an anxious time for them.
I enjoy being with them as they are such fun to be around! Tomorrow I will
check out how well they did and take photos of their work.
Jenny, having met you for the first time last year, I'm not at all
surprised that the munchkins keep coming back. You are an inspirational
teacher.
And surrogate grandmother how lovely. There are lots of very young
grandmothers
I must admit i have been surprised that the group has
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Dear All
I have experienced this CRB checks and at one time could have papered
the little room with all the certificates for the different things I was
involved in. Not just for working with children but with Vulnerable
Adults. (This covers anyone who finds themselves in a vulnerable
I have been teaching children for 4 years (7-12 yrs old at the beginning) and
although I went and got the australian police clearance called 'working with
children' it has never been asked for.
I teach in my own home each Saturday afternoon and it is purely voluntary on
behalf of the kids. If
Dear Lyn,
You gave me an excellent idea. I could use some slave labour to be able to
enter the 5 meter club :)
Just kidding!
It is sad they had to enforce these rules.
Joke
On 8 Jul 2013, at 23:20, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote:
Dear Joke,
I apologize, but your posting struck me the
Hi All
Been watching this thread with interest. I am enhanced CRB checked and do hold
a current certificate however here in the UK it would only cover me for
being a School Crossing Patrol! If I wanted to go into school to 'teach' then
I should be CRB checked for that... if I wanted to
I so agree Sue. Look at the cases in recent years where 'abusers' have had
the necessary CRB checks and passed just because they 'lied' or something.
I also believe it is basically a money making exercise. Retired people
have the time and energy to go and teach lacemaking to children in
, Pennsylvania, USA, where the background checks are portable,
says DH. Only need one.
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Hi All
Been watching this thread
Although I don't agree that you *have to be* a mathematician or scientist etc
to be a good lacemaker, I am reasonably confident that a high percentage of
those people who are bobbin lacemakers do have those inclinations and this may
have been what Alex meant.
Many times I have asked around a
Hi Spiders,
This theme has made me think! I was lucky enough to teach lace at a private
school, in the after-school activities, and had so many children we had to have
a 'helper' for me! I taught the Textiles class, and when some of the parents,
children and staff knew I made lace (I made
by people to help persuade schools
to open the doors have been misunderstood.
Joepie in sunny Sussex, UK
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To: Anna Binnie
Cc: alexstillw...@talktalk.net ; Arachne reply ; Lyn Bailey
Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching
On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:00 PM, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote:
What skills does lacemaking develop
that will benefit school age children? If you have an idea, please
share.
Off the top of my head: concentration, following instructions, both written
and oral, hand-eye coordination, small
Hello Joke and everyone
Your comment says it for me, I notice this also at lace days and other lace
get-togethers:
...But when I look at the lace clubs I go to,
there is no reason for pessimism. Every year I see new faces ...
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island,
Dear Joke,
I apologize, but your posting struck me the wrong way. I'm sitting here with
tears of laughter running down my face, thinking, Rats, my extensive criminal
convictions will not let me teach lace to children... I know it's serious,
and probably expensive, but really, lacemakers going
Hello Lyn, and everyone
I volunteer with an out-reach program, visiting schools. As a matter of
course, we agreed to a criminal records check at the onset of volunteering
for the program. It probably helps that my program is sponsored by a
creditable arts institution that can cover the expense of
Joke wrote:
Also parents nowadays expect all adults, who work with children in
after school activities or clubs, to be CBR checked as well.
In Australia anyone who works with children needs to get a police check
done. It is standard for teachers, ancillary staff, volunteers and
sports
I am one of those computer programmers and math types. I love making Pag
needlelace because of the logic and geometric properties of it. In this part
of my career, I no longer program but the lace fills that spot. I have had
the same experience with demonstrating, the little boys pick it up
I am one of those computer programmers and math types. I love making Pag
needlelace because of the logic and geometric properties of it. In this part
of my career, I no longer program but the lace fills that spot. I have had
the same experience with demonstrating, the little boys pick it up
Dear Alex et al,
Precisely. It could be an 'in' at schools. I have not had any close
connection with school children for over 10 years, but girls especially are
not inclined to math. Presenting lacemaking, especially bobbin lacemaking
as a way to develop spatial thinking, (physics?) or
I was lucky enough to demonstrate with my local group at a recent 'county'
event. One of the group brought a 'have a go' pillow along and we asked anyone
passing if they would like to try lacemaking.
Adults and children alike tried the pillow. The adults would do a row and stop
but the
I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with
superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best
lacemakers!! It may be that those who are making the claims happen to
have those skills, but being able to execute a lace pattern is not the
same as making it
I no longer have a child in school, but I was talking to an elementary
school teacher the other day. She made the interesting claim that now that
penmanship is being de-emphasized in favor of key boarding, she observes that
the children are not developing fine motor skills as in the past. In
Dear Clay, et al,
So, which horizons specifically would be broadened? If one is trying to
promote lacemaking as a skill capable of developing other capabilities of the
mind, to persuade educators and others to help with teaching children by
promoting the craft, providing space, all that, one
It seems as though Scandinavian schools, in the past at least, had a
crafts curriculum. When I was young a girl moved to our neighborhood from
Norway. She had a complete set of doll clothes that she had knitted. When I
asked
her about it, she said she had knitted them in school. Why don't
I wouldn't try to promote lacemaking as a way to develop other tangible life
skills. The outcome is entirely dependent on the individual. What excites
one person may drive another crazy. Don't let lacemaking go the same route as
the forced piano lessons of childhood!
Clay
Sent from
Hello Clay and everyone
Yes, learning to make lace is best by choice. I like this :
... Don't let lacemaking go the same route as the forced piano lessons of
childhood!
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
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Yes, but didn't this start out as a conversation about how to make that
choice available to children in the face of an unsympathetic school district
that would not allow the posting of an A2 piece of paper announcing the
availability of children's lace lessons?
Devon
Hello Clay and
Good evening
I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our local garden
centre which is really a converted greenhouse on what is probably the hottest
weekend on this year's English summer and am happy to say that not only did we
encourage one teenager yesterday to make a fish
Well done! I hope they do come to your group.
Joepie.
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Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching children
Good evening
I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our
Dear Maureen,
Congratulations on a job well done. That took a lot of work, preparing and
then being there, enticing, saying the right thing, encouraging. That is the
way we will get our beloved craft/art to continue. Lyn
Maureen wrote:
I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking
On 7/07/13 11:13 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with
superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best
lacemakers!!
I've just logged on and yes I was totally affronted with that statement
too. Let me put it in
Thanks, Anna!! I appreciate another voice who understands what I have
said!! Generalities just don't apply to those who are skilled at making
lace!
Clay
On 7/7/2013 8:03 PM, Anna Binnie wrote:
On 7/07/13 11:13 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I am astonished that no one has challenged the
If we get the lacemaking club to be on a par with the chess club, we will
have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. Probably beyond the wildest
dreams of anyone. Let's begin by getting schools to allow a poster
advertising a separate lace club. What skills does lacemaking develop
that will
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who so generously offered advice
and support! The girls are going to be thrilled!
I'm excited, too. It will be quite a challenge, teaching kids to lace when
I've never had a real lesson myself!
Thanks so much,
Sr. Claire
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Hello Miriam and everyone
Right - the camping mats are excellent for BL pillows. I made several
round cookies from one, by stacking several layers in decreasing
circumference. Fiddly to cut, but once firmly bound around a flat
round they are nice and light. I stapled cloth over them, around to
How lovely that they are interested. Yes, I've seen people working on the
opposite side of the same pillow. I'm sure it's harder but better than
nothing while you get them started.
I taught children in an after-school class at the local school for a few
years, and found the attached fish
Hello Sister Claire.
Perhaps some of the purists of Arachne will tell me off for what I
am going to say. But... I think that for a start, and not having
proper pillows to teach, you could make a pillow from anything you
have near. I started making bobbin lace with a piece of white
polystyrene
Have you any odd bits of poltstyrene about your home??
If not you could ask at a shop for the polystyrene packaging. They usually
throw it away anyway.
Or a builders merchant which sells block of polystyrene. It will make two
good pillows.
I hope this helps you.
Daphne Cold grey Norfolk England
Dear Helen,
my daughter, now 9, made her first attempts at age of 5.
in between, i taught the first stitches to about ten more children, mostly
during holidays, so there were only a few days to finish at least a little
bookmark. Those children were from eight to ten years old.
if possible, I
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