Starter quiz
- Which sea creature has a rough texture?
octopus ✓
sea slug
fish
- Which statement about design is true?
- Designs can change as artists start to create. ✓
- Once an artist has made a design, it cannot change.
- Artists might change their ideas as they being to create. ✓
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- What is a loom?
- a tool, like a frame, used to help people create fabric or cloth ✓
- a tool, used to dye fabric or cloth
- a tool, used to wash fabric or cloth
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- Warp threads are the threads that go up and ______ on the loom.
- 'down' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following is not an everyday object?
plate
stick
cardboard
loom ✓
- An ______ object is something that we use in day to day life.
- 'everyday' ✓
- Artists can make looms from everyday objects and ______ objects.
- soft
- found ✓
- tiny
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- Order the steps to create a loom from cardboard.
- 1⇔Look at your plan.
- 2⇔Choose your loom shape and size.
- 3⇔Cut out your loom shape from cardboard.
- 4⇔Add your warp threads to make your loom.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Artists can make looms from everyday objects and found objects.
- A shuttle can be used to carry the weft threads through the warp threads.
- Artists might choose to follow their design closely, or change their mind about some elements.
Common misconception
Looms cannot be made from everyday objects.
Remind children that looms can be made on a wide variety of frames, including found sticks or paper plates.
Keywords
Everyday object - something that we use or see regularly in our daily lives
Threads - thin pieces of string or material, often used for sewing or making things like weavings
Shuttle - a tool used to carry the weft thread through the warp threads
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