The Weaving Book: Learn to think and create like an artist Paperback – September 20, 2022

Picture book and how-to activity book in one!Kids, it’s time to gather your supplies, turn on your imagination, and create! This is the perfect book, to keep your kids entertained for hours.The Weaving Book is a picture and activity book that teaches children the steps that an artist goes through to develop ideas and solves problems, while also teaching them the fundamental steps of weaving.The Weaving Book is filled with rhythmic words and engaging colorful pictures. Use The Weaving Book as an introduction to paper weaving, or to remind kids of the process before teaching them how to draft their own patterns. For those of you that know and love creative and curious kids, this is a great gift. The book will teach them how to start weaving, and the activity book will teach them how to create patterns and test them through paper weaving. Once you know the basic, the options are endless.Weaving is a wonderful exercise to practice mindfulness, reduce anxiety, and create calm. The repeated actions are soothing. Paper weaving is perfect, as you can do it almost anywhere. Written and illustrated by educator and textile designer, Amber Kane, the book also includes a section with related activities to help kids learn more about designing patterns and creating endless weaving ideas.The Weaving Book is 2 books in 1. Get a fun and engaging story + a related activities book!45-page story30 pages of related paper weaving activitiesThis picture book is a great way to help kids tap into their imagination and put it into action, whether at home, in the classroom, or at daycare.For schools and teachers, this book makes a great addition to your early finisher section.The book is written and illustrated by educator, and textile designer Amber Kane. Learning how to weave unlocked Amber's creative process and helped her to launch a business that she ran for 10 years. Weaving can be a simple repetitive and calming process. Or, it can become highly complex and filled with endless creative problems to solve.From the Author: "While I'm sure that I did some basic weaving projects in elementary art classes, my main introduction to weaving was a college weaving class. While I fell in love with the process, looking back, many of my challenges came from not having foundational knowledge that is best taught and practiced through the art of paper weaving.Through paper weaving, you learn and understand how the pattern impacts the structure of the piece. You can also quickly understand how to create and test your patterns. Stop there and continue to explore the magic of paper weaving, or take those skills and apply them to weaving with yarn on a loom.The Weaving Book is a playful picture book, that also teaches and shares accurate processes to understand paper weaving and includes activities that show you how to create patterns of your own."The Weaving Book is the second in a series. Check out The Body Book, to get your kids moving.The Weaving Book also comes in Spanish and is called: El Libro Tejer ( The Spanish Version does not include the activity section) Read more