This past week I was priviledged to visit Helen Gobby's grade 5/6 class at King George Public School. She has 28 students and thought it would be a great idea to teach her students to knit. She had heard about the comfort dolls that people in North Bay were knitting for our team to take to Kenya and hand out to the children and thought this would be a great idea for her class. She enlisted the help of several women knitters in North Bay who came into her class to help teach the children.
Each student knit a doll, wrote a letter to the student who will receive the doll and included a picture of themselves with their letter. They worked hard on their project and were very proud and excited with their achievment when they presented them to me to take over in September.
What a great idea since children in Kenya rarely have toys. I am anxious to give these out to the students in Kenya to see the look of joy on their faces. Thanks to all these students and their teacher for thinking of children on the other side of the world who have so little..
It was a wonderful experience to be a part of this project. We had fun moving through the frustration of learning a new skill.
ReplyDeleteI would encourage anyone with knowledge of a skill, pass it on! You'll be glad you did.