Sunday, August 31, 2025

Handwork Series - grade 3

I've been wanting for a while to do a series of posts on my suggestions for Handwork in each grade. So I will work on that now! These are my own ideas of what to do when, partly informed by my Waldorf Handwork Teacher Training and partly by what I think works well from personal experience.


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If you are interested in training, I very highly recommend the Applied Arts Program. Admission to the 14th Cycle of the Applied Arts Program is now open! It will start on March 15, 2026!

    This four-year program meets for two weeks each summer and one week each winter, covering two grades each year. Course sessions take place at the Fiber Craft Studio, which is located in the Threefold community in Chestnut Ridge, NY, just 30 miles from New York City.


If you're looking for a curriculum with videos and whatnot, I recommend Waldorf Handwork Educators. Currently they just have grades 1, 2, 3, and 4.

    Back to School Sale - Labor Day Weekend!

    August 30 through September 2, 2025

    All 4 grade level guides will be on sale for this special weekend event!


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Now on to my notes. I'll update them if I come up with new ideas:


plan & plant a dye garden for the Farming & Gardening block


explore a variety of fibers (plant & animal) for the Fibers & Clothing block


Cordage


sewing

    sewing on a button (we did a Button Tree project)

    sewing on a patch


embroidery

    circle mat

    needle case
    new skill: buttonhole stitch


Decoupage Lanterns


wet felting


knitting & crochet


spinning

    spinning progression:
    stick, stick & rock, drop spindle, hand carding, wool carders

    spinning off a cotton seed


weaving


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