😭😭 got told by one of the kids that they wished they'd never signed up for the crochet class. To be fair, she did tell me that she thought they'd be playing with crochet things and not learning ...
Give her a finished-object win fast. A chain-stitch bracelet or finger-knit cord takes fifteen minutes and she walks out with something real. Once a kid owns a finished piece, the boring foundation suddenly has a reason to exist. Sequence beats motivation every time.
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