A Mother's Journal » Felt Sets http://www.amothersjournal.com The way we spend our hours is the way we spend our lives. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Country Christmas Felt Set http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/11/30/country-christmas-felt-set/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/11/30/country-christmas-felt-set/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:30 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=246 I’m excited to offer one-of-a-kind felt sets for sale.  I just finished a new set this morning.

For more details see my one-of-a-kind felt . . . → Read More: Country Christmas Felt Set]]> I’m excited to offer one-of-a-kind felt sets for sale.  I just finished a new set this morning.

For more details see my one-of-a-kind felt sets page.

Lynn

]]> http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/11/30/country-christmas-felt-set/feed/ 0 Making Felt Sets Again http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/11/05/making-felts-again/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/11/05/making-felts-again/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:44:21 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=216 I had taken them down for awhile, but I have put my felt pages back up.  We’ll see how this goes for me.  I have requested at work to go from a 5-day to a 4-day week.  I really need more time at home.  I hope this will work out for me.

Anyway, the felt pages advertise . . . → Read More: Making Felt Sets Again]]> I had taken them down for awhile, but I have put my felt pages back up.  We’ll see how this goes for me.  I have requested at work to go from a 5-day to a 4-day week.  I really need more time at home.  I hope this will work out for me.

Anyway, the felt pages advertise the felt sets that I make.  It’s fun to have something to work on inside when the weather is cold outside. 

My desk is a cozy little spot.  In the window you can see the bowl full of bread crumbs and seeds (brought home from the bread slicer at work) to feed the birds.  I love to watch the birds while I work.  I love to see the sun come fully up as I sit here in the morning with my coffee.

I have started on some starter sets.  I want to make up more go-along sets for “rowers” as well.

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Isn’t she cute in her coat . . . → Read More: Red-headed Felt Doll]]> Well, I call her a doll, she’s really  just a girl.  :)

Isn’t she cute in her coat and hat?

Lynn

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Here is a picture of the . . . → Read More: Felt ABC Book]]> This is an ABC book I am working on.  It helps with a multisensory approach to learning the ABCs.  The book opens up to make room for play with other felt pieces as well.

Here is a picture of the book open.

]]> http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/03/22/felt-abc-book/feed/ 0 A Sweet Bunny http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/03/21/a-sweet-bunny/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/03/21/a-sweet-bunny/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:31:53 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=72 Just wanted to share the little felt bunny I made for a preschool set I am working on:

 

Isn’t he adorable??  He looks like he could hop away.  . . . → Read More: A Sweet Bunny]]> Just wanted to share the little felt bunny I made for a preschool set I am working on:

 

Isn’t he adorable??  He looks like he could hop away.  :)

 Lynn

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 three chickens

]]> http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/31/dont-be-chicken/feed/ 0 Thrift Store Sweater Hunt Today http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/26/thrift-store-sweater-hunt-today/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/26/thrift-store-sweater-hunt-today/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:49:45 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=70 Did you know you can turn old wool sweaters into felt?  Why yes, you can!  I am off to the thrift stores today to look for wonderful old things that people don’t want, including dry-clean-only wool sweaters, so that I can come home and felt them!  Expect pictures . . . → Read More: Thrift Store Sweater Hunt Today]]> Did you know you can turn old wool sweaters into felt?  Why yes, you can!  I am off to the thrift stores today to look for wonderful old things that people don’t want, including dry-clean-only wool sweaters, so that I can come home and felt them!  Expect pictures soon. 

Happy Friday!!

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It’s one reason felt playsets are so popular with teachers and parents alike.  Felt definitely has a feel to it:  soft, sometimes bordering on scratchy, even.  When a child acts out stories with felts, something bigger than just play is happening.  Learning is happening!

One thing I suggest is allowing a child to play with a go-along felt set while listening to a book for learning.   For example, your child could use felt figures to depict children playing in the snow while you read The Snow Day.

 Lynn

]]> http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/22/teaching-the-multisensory-way/feed/ 0 ~my fascinating introduction~ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/22/my-fascinating-introduction/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/22/my-fascinating-introduction/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:54:50 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=66 I have been on line WAY too long today, but, oh well, I’ll go ahead and put my first post on my new blog.

I’ll try to make my babbling here most fascinating, though I will be talking about children, felt playsets, mosaics, gardening, life, marriage and homeschooling.   ~:-D

As far as I have been able to determine, . . . → Read More: ~my fascinating introduction~]]> I have been on line WAY too long today, but, oh well, I’ll go ahead and put my first post on my new blog.

I’ll try to make my babbling here most fascinating, though I will be talking about children, felt playsets, mosaics, gardening, life, marriage and homeschooling.   ~:-D

As far as I have been able to determine, it doesn’t get any better than this!

Lynn

]]> http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/22/my-fascinating-introduction/feed/ 0 My Beautiful Felt Starter Set http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/21/my-beautiful-felt-starter-set/ http://www.amothersjournal.com/2007/01/21/my-beautiful-felt-starter-set/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:55:22 +0000 Lynn http://www.amothersjournal.com/?p=67 I just wanted to post a picture of my felt starter set.  I think it is adorable.  I know my daughter has certainly loved playing . . . → Read More: My Beautiful Felt Starter Set]]> I just wanted to post a picture of my felt starter set.  I think it is adorable.  I know my daughter has certainly loved playing with hers.

 Felt Starter Set

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