The art lesson, I was teaching at Sweetheart G's school on Monday, is a two part weaving adventure. The idea is that they are going to make an Ikat style weaving. Ikat is a style of making cloth where the thread or yarn is carefully pre-dyed to form a pattern when it is woven. It is fascinating the patterns that master dyers can make. For the second grade version, they dye a variegated yarn, weave it on a straw loom, and see what pattern it makes. Did I mention they dye their wool yarn with Koolaid?
(Oh, and although I did make it through the class, I don't particularly want to do it again.)