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Kindergarten
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From cocoon to silk thread
Duration: 1 hour
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Location: Museum of Weaving and Silk
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Goals :
- Understand what silk is and where it comes from
- Observe living silkworms and understand their cycle
- Find out how the silk thread is obtained and what it is used for
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Contents:
- Touch the silk (fabrics and threads)
- Listen to the legend of Chinese Princess Xi-Ling-Shi
- Observation of living silkworms and explanation of their life cycle (memory activity)
- Demonstrations of unwinding silkworm cocoons
- Silk weaving demonstrations on real looms
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Half-day rate: € 4 per child (+ € 1 painting on fabric)
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Duration: day (4h)
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Location: Kalmia Farm - Weaving and Silk Museum
Monday and Wednesday only (every day during school holidays)
Goals :
- Discover the breeding of another woolly animal: the alpaca
- Understand the treatment of wool before its use
- Understand how and why wool is used
Contents:
- Visit of the farm
- Demonstrations and introduction to carding and wool spinning
- Memory activity: reconstruct the different stages of wool preparation
- Discovery of other threads produced by animals (memory activity)
- Weaving demonstrations on looms
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Price: 9 € per child
Wool in all its forms!
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