This new episode on handicrafts contains further revelation on Charlotte Mason’s purpose for handicrafts and approach to handicrafts. Emily, Nicole, and Liz, as always, draw out the practical application for this crucial, seemingly complicated, and vital part of the feast. Whether you are crafty or inept, there is wise advice for implementation here.
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Episode 81: Sloyd
Clay Modelling Demonstration Lesson Video
The Work and Aims of the P.U.S. Article
Handicraft Planner–A more extensive resource that gives Form-appropriate ideas in all the Handicraft Streams and the Big Picture of how each skill is developed over the course of a student’s education
Wondering if the link to the demonstration video will be updated? It wasn’t working for me. Thank you.
Thanks for catching that, the link has been updated!
Handicrafts is a subject that has “fallen off” our schedule from time to time, because I can’t decide what to teach. This episode, along with the Handicraft Teacher Help, have been very helpful and inspirational! One thing I’m thinking through…in the “Hour before Tea” ….is that when other things that require direction from the teacher, like object lessons, geog walks, etc would fit into the afternoon? I guess this is actually more of an Afternoon Scheduling question than a Handicraft question, but I’m trying to figure out how to implement the Handicraft Streams and still do the other things, without “over-directing” the afternoons….it seems like a fine line between too little or too much structure, and I can’t seem to find the middle ground!
Try not to overthink it. Object lessons and geog walks are not daily. They are outdoors (usually) and with you, whereas handicrafts do not require your presence and are more self-directed by the student. If you look at the Work and Aims of the PUS article we read as Episode 217 and linked in the show notes, you’ll see those things fall under the “free time” which included field work, happening before the “hour before tea.”