Fun with Different Fibers
Five
thousand years ago, a young Chinese empress witnessed a cocoon from a mulberry
tree fall into her cup of hot tea. This legend serves as the origin of how silk
thread was discovered. In class, each child replicated this story by soaking a
real silkworm cocoon, then “reeling” the softened silk thread onto a stick!
Students also learned about the lifecycle of the silkworm.
First Graders examined Alpaca, Angora, Cashmere, and Linen fibers.
Students began weaving on cardboard looms this week!