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The Real Start of Teaching the Fourth of July – Part 3

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https://jenniefitzkee.com/2021/07/08/the-real-start-of-teaching-the-fourth-of-july-part-3/

Note: Part 1 you will find here.

Part 2 is here.

In Part 2, after the song had become all-consuming for children, I told Naomi about the one time this had happened before, eight years ago.  A song was  beloved to children.  They couldn’t get enough.  And so, we made a quilt.  That was a lightbulb moment, and sparked another quilting journey.  Milly the quilter had died, yet she made her presence to give approval to this new venture and to handing the reins over to Donna.  Children began to design the quilt by listing all the parts of the song and the book that they felt should be included.  This was the most important part of all!

Part 3:
We made a giant sketch.  […]

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