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Some students will be ready to move on while others will need to go back and watch a step again… and again! However, a video can be helpful for YOU to learn a new folding technique before you teach it to your class. How-to videos are great (and plentiful on YouTube) but unless each student is watching on their own iPad, videos are not that helpful in a large class setting. If you’ve ever tried teaching origami to a room full of kids, you know it can be a little tricky! Everyone struggles with a different step, learns at a different pace, and needs one-on-one help at different points in the process. Rather than re-invent the wheel and post my own step-by-step “how to” photos here, I’m going to refer you to two websites that have been great resources for me in teaching lots of different origami lessons: and. (This project would also be a great extension to reading the true story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr… probably best for upper elementary students.)
The legend of the origami crane states that if someone makes a thousand of these paper cranes their wish will be granted. The crane is the most famous of all origami constructions. And it’s amazing what motivated students are capable of doing!
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Students love to bring home these exquisite origami cranes to hang on their Christmas tree! I make these with my 5th & 6th graders, and even though this is not a beginner level project, every year I have at least one student with a passion for origami who already knows how to make them! While these cranes are challenging, they’re definitely do-able, and they’re such fun to make once students “get it” that the motivation for learning is very high.
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