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Nov 1
3 min

Too Much Handwork?

People often ask me how I manage the amount of time children spend doing handwork in my classroom. They worry that if they make all these...

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Carol Palmer

Oct 8
3 min

Making Beeswax Candles

We made beeswax candles on our Fundamental Human Needs Camp earlier this year and it was a huge hit. As we try to obtain all of our materia

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Carol Palmer

Aug 23
5 min

Guatemalan Worry Dolls

If you haven't already heard all the chatter on social media about the huge online event planned in celebration of Dr. Montessori's 150th...

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Carol Palmer

Jul 12
4 min

Removing Weaving from a Cardboard Loom

Since posting my lesson on Making and Using a Cardboard Loom I have had several requests for the next stage: removing weaving from the loom

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Carol Palmer

Jun 14
2 min

Wet Felting Webinar Round Up

I threw quite a lot of information at you in the webinar so I thought I'd collect some of it together here for easier reference.

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Carol Palmer

May 6
6 min

Making Cardboard Looms

I have tried to find activities that can be presented to children without very much expert input and with materials they might already have

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Carol Palmer

Mar 11
3 min

Making Charcoal the Early Human Way

Last week we took our three 9-12 classes on our annual Fundamental Human Needs Camp and it was EPIC! As our school year begins at the end...

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Carol Palmer

Jan 20
3 min

Sip'n'Stitch Community Mending Cafe

As we slide into the New Year and start to look at fresh ideas and new things, I’d like to tell you about a way my students have rekindle...

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Carol Palmer

Oct 1, 2019
3 min

Gardening and Gratitude

Spring has most definitely sprung down here in the Southern Hemisphere and all our attention has turned to the garden. We use the produce...

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Indigo Dyeing - like magic, but science!

Carol Palmer

Sep 3, 2019
5 min

Indigo Dyeing - like magic, but science!

I have a new love in my life. Indigo is one of nature's most incredible dyes. it is also one of humanity's oldest dyes and one of only tw...

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Carol Palmer

Jul 28, 2019
2 min

Pareu Printing

Wherever we go, we take out love of textiles with us, so it didn't take us long to notice that many of the fabrics in the markets were print

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Carol Palmer

Jun 30, 2019
3 min

A Story of Wool as a Shelter

It's been a couple of months since our students built their own shelters to sleep in on our school camp, but this week something caused o...

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Discovering Natural Dyes – The Teacup Test

Carol Palmer

Jun 2, 2019
3 min

Discovering Natural Dyes – The Teacup Test

But nature can be a bit of a trickster. Sometimes we find a flower or leaf that is full of beautiful colour but we just can’t get the colour

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Carol Palmer

May 19, 2019
4 min

Natural Dyeing - Going Green!

Over the last few months my class has be really into dyeing. We have mostly been working with natural dyes, like the turmeric we used for...

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Carol Palmer

May 3, 2019
3 min

Whittling Knife Safety Rules

My students use sharp knives a lot. They have been chopping food since the casa and as we cook community lunch every week, they are very ...

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Carol Palmer

Apr 19, 2019
3 min

Making Natural Remedies

Last week we went on our 9-12 community camp. Our camp is a huge deal to us as, for one week each year, we try to meet all of our own fu...

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Carol Palmer

Apr 4, 2019
3 min

Making Beeswax Wraps

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of emotions for me and everyone around me. I have not managed to post for a while as a parent in...

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Carol Palmer

Feb 23, 2019
3 min

Keeping It Real

Recently I had a student teacher observing in my class. We had a hectic day and the clean up at the end did not go well at all. When th...

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Carol Palmer

Feb 22, 2019
3 min

Keeping It Real

Recently I had a student teacher observing in my class. We had a hectic day and the clean up at the end did not go well at all. When th...

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Carol Palmer

Feb 9, 2019
5 min

A Story of The Beaker People

One of that many wonderful things about the Montessori method is that it celebrates the interconnections of life, nature and the universe...

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