Our Classroom Quilt Project.
What does it mean to belong?
We have begun exploring this concept through building the classroom community. As individuals and as a school community, we strive to embody the principles of Care for Yourself, Care for Others and Care for this Place.
In communities, everyone does not do the same thing at the same time, but groups work as active and responsible citizens together to achieve common goals.
A community is a place where social bonds are established and individuals can flourish; where each child is capable of success and of making important contributions to our collective knowledge. We have begun to extend out studies through looking at our pasts: family and larger community. To demonstrate their own cultural and family connections the students created a quilt square representing their own family. Each family’s contribution will be combined to create a shared school quilt of belonging. Through our quilt study the students discovered patterns and relations. Students explored patterns of colour, shape, number and patterns found in nature.
While sharing about our families’ culture many students wanted to share their special quilts with us.
We learned:
What does it mean to belong?
We have begun exploring this concept through building the classroom community. As individuals and as a school community, we strive to embody the principles of Care for Yourself, Care for Others and Care for this Place.
In communities, everyone does not do the same thing at the same time, but groups work as active and responsible citizens together to achieve common goals.
A community is a place where social bonds are established and individuals can flourish; where each child is capable of success and of making important contributions to our collective knowledge. We have begun to extend out studies through looking at our pasts: family and larger community. To demonstrate their own cultural and family connections the students created a quilt square representing their own family. Each family’s contribution will be combined to create a shared school quilt of belonging. Through our quilt study the students discovered patterns and relations. Students explored patterns of colour, shape, number and patterns found in nature.
While sharing about our families’ culture many students wanted to share their special quilts with us.
We learned:
- Quilts are often given to babies by someone special.
- The work in making a quilt is often shared by many people (often called a quilting B).
- We had to plan, cooperated and work hard to make our quilt.
- We also learned that quilts were important to people of long ago who passed on important memories through their quilts.
- There is a lot of math (particularly patterns and shapes involved in quilts
- Husdon is sharing his baby quilt. His quilt is made of squares. It does not have a pattern.
- Adrian shared his quilt his grandmother made for him when he was a baby. His quilt has squares and rectangles.
- We discovered that turning a square sideways we could make a triangle.
- Sophie shared her quilt her mother had made for her. It was made from long rectangles.
- Jonathan has a quilt made from long rectangles. Can you see the pattern in the quilt?
Looking closely at a quilt.
We needed to look at the colours and designs of the fabric.
Can you see patterns in the colours and designs of these fabrics?
We needed to look at the colours and designs of the fabric.
Can you see patterns in the colours and designs of these fabrics?
We had to plan, cooperated and work hard to make our quilt.
We each came up with a way to fit the quilt pattern together. We soon discovered that working together we could make a larger pattern.
We also needed to listen to each others’ ideas.
We needed to look closely to see if you could find a pattern.
We each came up with a way to fit the quilt pattern together. We soon discovered that working together we could make a larger pattern.
We also needed to listen to each others’ ideas.
We needed to look closely to see if you could find a pattern.
In planning our quilt we discovered there is a lot of math in making a quilt.
We learned that many quilts have patterns. Even the material can have a pattern. Some quilts have AB patterns of colours. Some quilts have ABB patterns.
However, some quilts do not have patterns.
Patterns are attributes (colours, numbers, sounds, ..) that repeat over and over. Some quilts have complicated patterns that grow out from the inside.
We learned that quilts are made of shapes that fit together. Squares, triangles, hexagons, octagons, and rectangles fit together. Shapes that fit together have angles. Circles do not fit together (tessellate).
We learned that many quilts have patterns. Even the material can have a pattern. Some quilts have AB patterns of colours. Some quilts have ABB patterns.
However, some quilts do not have patterns.
Patterns are attributes (colours, numbers, sounds, ..) that repeat over and over. Some quilts have complicated patterns that grow out from the inside.
We learned that quilts are made of shapes that fit together. Squares, triangles, hexagons, octagons, and rectangles fit together. Shapes that fit together have angles. Circles do not fit together (tessellate).
We read a lot of great books about quilts.