Brainstorm where they might find their paper. The children should pay special attention to saving construction paper and sorting it by color. These scraps can be used for papermaking. Lessons can be integrated into other curriculum areas. Another math activity uses pictures from a book of reproducible Japanese designs which children can cut and paste to make a pattern.
Primary students love to make clothes from whatever culture they are studying.
The children can choose their favorite design elements to create patterns for their vests. The following list of resources includes references used to prepare this Digest. However, they can be located in the journal section of most larger libraries by using the bibliographic information provided, requested through Interlibrary Loan, or ordered from commercial reprint services. Horn, Diane Victoria. Dover Publications, Inc., 1986.