Quilting with Kids......

On Wednesday afternoon my Caroll and I had the privilege of substituting for a volunteer at North Park Montessori of the  Grand Rapids Public School system.  Robin G is the technical para-pro for the school and it always helping out the teachers in other classrooms, but this time outside help was needed.  The eighth graders have been working with Miss Sue on making a quilt using applique.  We were blown away with their creativity with little or no knowledge of sewing or the type of applique procedures "grown ups" use.  I would have loved, and so would the students, to show their faces but chose to only share their work.  They were all working on making a town, city, village, street, you get the idea. Enjoy!

Detail cutting attracted the girls, large obtuse shapes attracted the boys!

After detail cutting this quilter was making a garden.  Since the fusible webbing wasn't already on, her problem solving skills came into play!  Great thinking.....

These shapes are tall buildings

It was so much fun to be back in a GRPS school.  In the fairly recent past I had the privilege of serving GRPS.  Consequently, I have been in every high school in session at the time, most if not all middle schools and many classrooms in the elementary schools.  If all the other school districts were as transparent at GRPS it would be common knowledge that GRPS is probably the safest school system in west Michigan!  If you've ever thought about helping out, in any school district, call the administrative offices.  If interested in volunteering in GRPS check this site out.

Here are some pictures from the Russian school I visited on my trip:

Hallway

Exercise Room

A true English classroom:  where speaking English is taught

The secondary school, grades 4-9, in a village of 600 persons.

 

 Don't forget the West Michigan Quilters Guild bi-annual quilt show at the Delta Plex!
 Bye for now.....