Grades K-1 Students
Textile Study Topics

TOPIC - DIFFERENT FABRICS FEEL DIFFERENT

• Soft to Stiff fabrics: Soft knits to stiff felts
• Textures: Choose a variety of feels. Examples: satin, mesh, velvet, ribbed sweater, fuzzy sweater, corduroy, burlap
• Ask the class to describe what each feels like and which choose which ones they like better.
• Talk about what makes the fabrics feel different.

TOPIC - FABRICS ARE ALL AROUND US

Lead a discussion of where fabrics are used:

Ask students find where fabrics are used in their bedroom.
For example:

• Bedsheet
• Pillowcase
• Blanket
• Pajamas
• Curtains
• Window shade
• Carpets
• Rugs
• Lamp shade
• Clothes: in closet, in dresser
• Doll clothes
• Stuffed animals

Assignments:

• Keep fabric swatches in the classroom so the students can play with them.
• Have students draw a picture of fabrics you see in their living room, kitchen, or dining room.
• Bring 5 pictures that show fabrics
• Ask the students to tell you where they see fabrics. Keep a list displayed in the classroom of where fabrics are used. Keep adding to the list each day. This can be fun to continue for the entire year.

TOPIC - CLOTHES ARE MADE FROM FABRIC

Help each student see and feel the fabric in their clothes.

• Have the students describe how the fabric feels.
• Explain why there may be differences between the fabric in a shirt, pants, skirt, socks.