4A Community's Classroom Carpet!

The Crochet Ball in its earlier stage (January)

My students this year learned how to make a single crochet chain and became obsessed with making a giant ball. They would all work individually on their own chain and then tie them together to create a longer chain that they rolled into a ball.

Showing off the chain on the soccer field
(100th Day of School)

In January, to celebrate the 100th day of school, we were doing a bunch of estimation activities with the number 100 (including measurement) and one of the kids asked if we could measure the chain. We estimated it would go twice up and down the soccer field. We were wrong. It went over 8 times!!!!

Tangled in a web of crochet!

Students continued to work on this project and the last week of school they started questioning what they would do with it. I suggested making a rug/carpet to donate to the next 4A class coming in. They loved the idea and away I went!

Crochet ball at its biggest...
and birth of our rug

I started Friday morning and finished Monday night. It was A LOT of hours but totally worth it. It turned out great! The kids were all super excited and kept pointing to the colours of the chains that they did themselves.

The final product!

Pointing out to each other the parts that they worked on!

It was great to have a common project that everyone was working on together. It built community in our classroom - something that I believe very strongly in.

I'm going to miss these kids and this school when I head back to Canada next week. It's been quite the adventure!