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Sewing with young fingers

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Two hundred years ago, four-year-old Americans learned fine motor coordination as they sewed fine seams, stitching together scraps of fabric that would later become a useful patchwork quilt. Show a needle to today's preschooler and it is doubtful that the child will know what it might be used for, let alone which end to thread.

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  1. Karey Solomon
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Karey Solomon is a teacher at the Windsong School in Valois, NY. Her book, Crochet: A Continuous Thread, will be published by Arco in 1986.

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Solomon, K. Sewing with young fingers. Early Childhood Educ J 13, 20–21 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01619984

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