Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
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Tagged: math, paper folding, paper modeling, paper sloyd

This topic has 6 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 6 months ago by JenniferM.

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October 21, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Crystal Wagner
Participant
I love the new math book. I am wondering how to incorporate the paper sloyd into our curriculum. We do handicrafts. Is that covering the skill as paper sloyd did? I have tried to find the books listed, Paper Folding and Paper Modelling, but cannot find them available as ebooks to see what this might have looked like.
October 22, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
An alternate book that I’ve found, just called Sloyd, will give you an idea of what that technique looks like. It could be done in place of a handicraft lesson or tucked in as an alternate math lesson every once in a while for variety.
October 22, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Crystal Wagner
Participant
Awesome! Thanks. I downloaded the book and will add some of this in. Do you think the paper work is heavier than printer paper? I was thinking the cardboard work might be cardstock?
October 22, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Yes, it seems to go from thin to thick to thicker as it progresses. So you might try regular copy paper then progress to the cardstock. I doubt it would work with corrugated cardboard, but who knows. Experiment and have fun! (Then let us know what you learned. )
October 23, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Richele Baburina
Participant
Just to add that we use Ednah Ann Rich’s Paper Sloyd: a handbook for primary grades (a free eBook, I print the pages for each project) as well as SCM’s Handicrafts Made Simple – Cardboard and Paper during scheduled Handicrafts – they’ve even given the picture frames as gifts to family.
We have handicrafts scheduled up to four times a week – our kids are 8 and 10 yrs old. I’m not sure that every handicraft appeals to every child but ours enjoy the paper sloyd. We use a heavy cardstock. Both resources tell you exactly what you need for equipment.
October 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Crystal Wagner
Participant
Do you think the Handicrafts Made Simple – Cardboard and Paper adds enough (in addition to the Paper Sloyd book) to justify the cost? The projects look like fun but like there is a little bit of overlap with the Paper Sloyd book.
October 16, 2013 at 3:06 am
JenniferM
Participant
Has anyone else used the book Sonya mentions above? We have used it to create the first two models: wall hanger and windmill. I am stumped on the next one: cylinder wall hanger. There is not a picture of the final product, and I am somewhat confused by the directions. Otherwise, I like this book, and my children enjoy paper sloyd days!