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The Golden Fleece 4-H Club Teaches Felting at Tom McCall Middle
School's Australian Day 1/26/04
(Published in the
Spring 2004 4H "The Wire" newsletter)
In January of 2004,
the newly formed 4-H group, The Golden Fleece Club met to make
felt and discuss how to teach felting. We made wrist bands,
practiced teaching and discussed what would be needed to teach
this to groups of 20 to 25 in twenty minute increments.
We
practiced our teaching by setting a timer and then the 4-Her's
came into the room making as much noise and chaos as they could
muster to imitate the beginning of each session. They asked
questions over and over again and let the teachers know when
things needed to be said differently. Members Raeanna Landon, Mandy Oriet, and Spencer and Shelby
Bartor, made a good training team.
By the end of the day we had a list of supplies and felt we
were ready to take this show on the road!
Our
goal was to teach the whole sixth grade class how to felt during
the Australian Day at Tom McCall Middle School.
Materials were gathered by Lisa Roskopf, 4-H resource
leader, Mandy Oriet, club president, and Lisa Zietz, 4-H leader.
On
January 18, 2004, the two leaders met at the school where they
were joined by Mandy Oriet, and her teacher Ms. Palmer.
They set up and started teaching at 1 p.m. Over 100 sixth
graders were taught to make felt wrist bands. There were five
sessions and everyone was able to tie their wrist band on by the
end of each session. It
was a success!
On
May 15th the Golden Fleece 4-H Club will again be
offering a chance for children to learn to felt.
They will be teaching two sessions in felting at the 4-H
learning day at PCC. “I think we might need another practice
teaching session”, said Lisa Zietz, “but that’s all part of
the fun!” Come join us at PCC Rock Creek and learn how to felt.
There are numerous other interesting classes offered at the
4-H learning day. It looks like it will be a fun and informational
day for both youth and adults!
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