I decided a while ago that I wanted to try my hand at a quiet book. Caleb is at an age where he needs to sit still and be quiet sometimes. (aka, Sunday evening services.) I kept seeing these online, and I thought it would be something I could do. If you've never seen a quiet book, they're soft activity books for kids that usually have something to do on each page like buttons, zippers, velcro, etc. etc. Making one of these is very time consuming, so my goal is to finish by his birthday. I think I can do it faster than that, but I'm not making myself any promises. I have two kids to wrangle, and only one of them naps! Here is my first set of pages. This is a two-page spread with the numbers 1-10.
The numbers are fused on, but I also added a decorative stitch. The words are embroidered, but please note that I haven't embroidered anything since around junior high. I only remember one stitch, so no trash-talking my embroidery skills!
Each number has a cord with the appropriate number of beads. I was initially going to use pony beads for everything, but check out the adorable Noah's ark themed beads I found. Cute, no?
Educationally speaking, this set of pages enforces numeral-to-word recognition, fine motor skills (from moving the beads across), simple patterns, and counting numbers while corresponding to concrete objects. I know, I'm sorry, but I was a teacher after all.
Hopefully this will go well. I'll try to post my pages as I get them done, so you can follow along. Have a crafty day!
I'm eventually going to add a couple more weather options, (I haven't tackled a snowflake yet,) but this is enough to start with. I'm pretty pleased with how this page turned out. Most of the pages I've seen online and either copied or modified. This one is straight from my little brain, and I think he'll like it.
