Year 1 - Art and design
Exploring weaving techniques
Watery weavings: introducing textiles
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Unit Summary
Pupils learn the principles of weaving and develop their manipulative skills through fastening fabric based materials. They investigate and explore the principle of textile construction and gain sensory experience of textile materials.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply the principles and vocabulary of weaving.
Key Notes
- Weavings are made by crossing fabric strips or threads over and under one another. This makes a fabric.
- Weavings are made on a tool called a loom.
- Weavings are made from warp and weft threads.
Vocabulary To Learn
- weaving: threads or fabric strips are crossed over and under each other to make new fabric
- loom: a special tool, like a frame, used to help people create fabric or cloth
- warp threads: the threads that go from top to bottom in a weaving
- weft threads: the threads that go from side to side in a weaving
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Warp and weft threads are the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Weavings are made by crossing fabric strips or threads over and under one another. This makes a fabric. Weavings are made on a tool called a loom.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'weaving'
threads or fabric strips are crossed over and under each other to make new fabric.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Warp and weft threads are the same. Correction: Remind children that the warp threads hold the weft threads in place. These are the first threads attached to the loom.
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