Maybe it was my students.... but a lot of kids seem to be unable to follow written instructions. I would have to run around checking everyone's folds, for every blasted fold. It was exhausting and not fun.

and she pushed me hard to make all the folds and creases correctly.

I love this skill and practice it often.


Tikki

I sent it to my daughter who has studied education, and may home-school her son. Let's see how far they get!

I had huge classes and thought this would be a good activity because it involved thinking skills and not a lot of messy materials. I would try to do it in groups, putting a capable student "in charge" of the ones who were all thumbs! Everyone seemed to enjoy the jumping frog at least! LOL

I always had a "dream" of doing a thousand cranes, but I was daunted. I love doing it myself, though!