Preparing the Molly's Pilgrim Project

After making examples of the Pilgrims...all kinds as described in blogs here today and over the weekend

• Plymouth Plantation and a "Molly's Pilgrim"
• Photo Gallery Clothespin "Molly's Pilgrims"
• Making Molly's "Pilgrims"
• Molly As Our Pilgrim -Part Two-"Religious Freedom"...

I am now practically preparing this project for my students and parents. I work in a 100% free lunch and breakfast area meaning the incomes are not enough to afford much. Students in my room need shoes. Students in my room might sleep on mattresses on floors. Students in my room may well not yet have more than a sheet for a curtain. And they never have eaten at a resturant that serves a salad as a course. They marvel at things like blocks. School for them is very exciting. This project asks that they make over the next week a "doll" at home with family to represent who they come from, ancestors, the immigrant that came here, the country of origin. I leave this a bit open to artistic interpretation and try to get the dolls out for the parents to look over. I have wonderful parents. They'll enjoy this. ( as much as we enjoy any project for homework!)

I'm sending a baggie with a clothespin and stand and a pipe cleaner to make the arms.


I think getting that part a bit of a pain for a parent. They come in bags of twenty at the craft store. Then I put in a few basic pieces of fabric. That part cost me about 6 dollars. No pain there. I'd say all told it costs about 30 to get this together.




I have to help. It's too hard to for my families. At this time of the year many cannot afford the luxuries. But if we build good dolls and they want additional supplies I have a basket for that. If you made your child about ten of these and perhaps took wood scraps and built a doll house you have all they need for a seasonal gift, plus throw in some crayons. And a pack of paper. It's all you need. I really advocate making.
Opps........I'm having a Parent night soon and we will revisit the dolls and make some as well as paint the children's portraits. Talk about how to help children, saving to get technology and sharing our classblog.

Here are a few shots of me getting this project ready. More to come when I get their part back.

Oh I made them muffins too, pumpkin, yum.