Second Graders Help GCW

     Over the course of three weeks Charlie taught a group of second graders in Freeport, Maine how to knit. With the help of the class teacher and a few other parents, Charlie was able to teach 16 second graders how to knit. Charlie spent the first day talking a bit about Afghanistan and what life is like for children there. The students listened and were excited to help GCW by knitting their very own square. At first the students were discouraged and had difficulty knitting, but by the end of the first day (45 minutes) almost everyone was becoming 

confident in their knitting abilities.

      Each second grader managed to finish their square by the end

 of three weeks. They were all proud of their work and they loved seeing their squares sewn into our most recent blanket.