August 1, 2014

School

So far I am making decent headway.
I am in Lesson 1: Lesson Plans. " Our goal is to prepare you to teach professionally with solid crocheting techniques and teaching skills"

1. Read all of the handbook
2. writing a brief background paragraph about your crochet history, including when and who taught you, how long have you been crocheting, and experiences in teaching crocheting
3. after completing lesson 2-5, write lesson plans for a series of 3 beginner classes, 2 hours each.
4. I will get to create a basic, but challenging project, I want them to make a hook 'n tool holder for their future sets. I have to set up my classroom/space, teaching techniques.

Here are future lessons I will be tackling:

Lesson 2: The Basics. "When beginners come to class, they want to learn NOW! Beginning immediately with chaining and how to crochet. After they are proficient enough to make a swatch, you can discuss gauge, hooks, and other basics.

1. Crochet 5" squares: Single, Half Double, Double, Treble
2. Correctly labeling each square

Lesson 3: Increases and Decreases: learning how to read instructions (patterns)

1. Single crochet square
2. Half Double Crochet Square
3. Double Crochet square

Lesson 4: Pattern Stitches: Review pattern reading skills

1. 5" square in each of the following stitches: Single crochet rib, shell, cluster, popcorn, ripple

Lesson 5: Crocheting in the round: Identifying right side and wrong side, changing colors, etc.

1. Make a 5" Square motif
2. Make a 5" Hexagon motif
3. Make a beginner level project that uses a spiral method. I plan to make a hat.

And that's Crochet 1, folks. It's very involving, but effective. My plan is to break it down into 5 lessons, each will have a project.