WORLD WEAVING Online

It's llamas to looms and beyond!  Weaving is one of the simplest and oldest ways of creating cloth and fabric.  Not to mention how easily it integrates math, science, art, and critical small motor skills.  The slideshow takes you around the world visiting weavers still practicing their ancestors’ techniques to make clothing that lasts a lifetime. The best? Feeling how focused and calm you feel when you weave your own armband!
 
Best for ages 8 and up, age 5-7with hands-on adult help
60 minutes with slideshow, show-able artifacts, and guided hands-on activity
 
WHAT YOU NEED:
Internet connection
Scrap corrugated cardboard 
Box cutter (adult help)
3 Rubber bands (fit to your wrist and a bit looser)
Scissors
Knot tying ability or help

BUILD A SERIES WITH:
Finger Knitting (Online)
Inca: Llamas & Looms
Native California: Miwok & Ohlone
Olmec, Maya, & Aztec
Southwest Native America
West Africa
Natural Dyeing