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Ep. 070 Hand-eye coordination Builds Brains; Teaching Crochet; Crocheting Dishcloths; Los Bagels; and Giveaway
Ep. 070 Hand-eye coordination Builds Brains; Teaching Crochet; Crocheting Dishcloths; Los Bagels; and Giveaway
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Brainy Thing: 18:02 Redwood Curtain 31:02 What We’re Learning from Our Knitting: Margaret learns a lot about teaching and learning by teaching a beginner crochet to a group using the pattern of Simple Single Crochet Hat http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/simple-single-crochet-hat by K T and the Squid ( Katy Petersen.) She and the class used Valley Yarns aran (discontinued). Catherine also was into crochet this time for her dishcloth swap group. She learned some new techniques with the Partly Sunny pattern (99 cents) by Stacey L W Lee Partly sunny toots and momo designs BrainyThing We hear the phrase Hand-eye coordination but why is that so important to us and our brains. Margaret explores the topic. OT Mom Learning Activities Shirley Brice Heath Journal of language and literacy journal of education http://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/hand-eye-coordination.html http://www.livestrong.com/article/252448-the-importance-of-hand-eye-coordination/ http://jn.physiology.org/content/92/1/10 Redwood Curtain For a small town, Arcata, CA has unexpected cultural diversity in it’s business. Catherine shares information about Los Bagels, a Jewish-Mexican Bakery and how they unite the community with their dia de los muertos or dia de muertos altar.
Released:
Sep 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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