This book was designed with teachers in mind! Sewing Teacher Resources is a book you can use in your own classroom - whether that classroom is 1 or 20. It provides you ready made materials, classroom handouts, projects and curriculm guides to save you time and energy.

Kids learn in many ways. Use these pages with your students to reinforce concepts previously taught and make learning easier for children with different learning styles to grasp.

	Quan.		Description	Price
1.			Sewing & Quilting Activity Book "This fun filled activity book will keep you in stitches for a while with dot to dot, coloring, mazes and word searches. 32 pages of puzzles and more, including a couple of sewing projects! You will build the love of sewing and learn a few skills along the way as you inspire and challenge your budding seamstress. Have fun!" Item No. Bk-SQA	$8.95
2.			Sewing Teacher Resources Resource book for sewing teachers with reproducable pages for your classroom Item No. BK-STR	$16.95
3.			Teaching Sewing - Frequently Asked Questions Answered In this book JoAnn answers from her experience, some of the most commonly asked questions about teaching sewing...where do I find students..what is the best age to begin children..how long should the sewing sessions be..charging for classes, and much more! If you are thinking of teaching, either your own child or a classroom, this ebook will be a valuable resource for you. Bonus: This file has been zipped together with "Tips for Teaching Children to Sew". Item No. ebk FAQ	$3.95

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Sewing Teacher Resources has tips and tricks that make passing on your love of sewing fun and easy. With puzzles to help reinforce what has been learned to handouts that make teaching sewing a breeze and hands on activities that are lots of fun, this book will also show you how to use the other books from Bunkhouse Books, as a curriculum for your students. With 40+ years in the sewing room, JoAnn has gathered a lot of experience with sewing and teaching kids and adults the how to's of building and teaching life skills that matter.
 

Instill a Love of Sewing in Others I hope these tips will make your time teaching children to sew a pleasant experience. Never teach sewing when a child is tired. As a beginner, a child needs to focus and anticipate this as a fun experience. Start children on the machine right away. There is a tendency to spend too much time on information and practice, which tends to kill their initial excitement in learning to sew. Plan projects for your children's skill level. Let them see success before they tackle a project that is too difficult. Save those tiny doll clothes for later. At about age nine, children are capable and wanting to learn to runt he sewing machine. Starting them too young will cause frustration. Of course, if you have a child begging to begin, you may start them younger, just keep the sessions short. Let your children choose their own fabrics. Don't even practice on something out of grandmother's supply or leftovers. The objective is that they learn to "Love to Sew", which means projects made from fabrics they select themselves and will want to show off. It's fun for your children if you, or someone else, has time to sew with them. When I taught my daughter, I would make the same project first to show her how, and then she would make her own. We sewed together and it was fun for both of us. Limit your children's time at the machine to two hours when beginning. You don't want sewing time to be so long that it overwhelms them, and it's wonderful to have them begging for the next session. Make sure your machine is working well. Breakdowns discourage children, and prevent them from completing projects. Do as little ripping out as possible. No one is an expert when learning. Choose projects that will forgive a stitching line that is a big squiggly. When I teach, and even with my own daughter, I always ripped out the first time they made a mistake. If they made the same mistake again, they ripped it out. Rarely, did the same thing happen a third time!

Check it out! Instructional Slide Shows: Where to Begin Teaching Young Children to Sew! Tote Bag: Using a Double Fold Centered Zipper Application! Exposed Zipper Application!

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