Net Tying in Grade 4 Norse Mythology

We loved learning net tying to wrap up Norse Mythology this year! The fishnet comes into the plot at the very end (when Loki is captured). We used the directions in Projects About Colonial Life (Hands-On History) by Marian Broida. It was fun and suprisingly easy, although it does use a LOT of twine.

For each child, you will need six 4-foot lengths of twine. This makes a small piece of net.

Instead of tying the starter rope to a stick and hanging that over the back of a chair, as the directions suggest, we tied our starter ropes to low tree branches and the children stood outside and chatted with one another while they worked. It was such a sweet activity for a warm Spring day!

Here are the photos of me learning (May 16), and then of me teaching them (May 17).

I was glad actually, that I had made my sample net on a chair, because then I could easily show it to them. It was very portable. I also was able to lie the lengths of twine across the chair so that they could watch my demonstration and then also look closely at my example while they were going to fetch their supplies.

We went through it together with me demonstrating step-by-step. After they watched me, they would do that step on their own net.

finding a low branch is part of the fun!

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