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Sophie Z'OursDear friends,
A long while ago, I posted about my project to get my Fourth Graders to make teddy bears.
This has been a long project and hard one too for these pupils.
My pupils are young kids in high scholar difficulties plus they have difficulties to concentrate on what they do. In addition they are not much selfconfident, which does not help.
Anyway, with a bit of help, they all managed to get their bear done.
This bear is from the pattern "Bonjour" designed by the French artist Laurence Veron.
Just a detail : none of my pupils lives nor is born in Lyon (France) but they are big fans of Lyon football team.
The bear with brown paw pads and foot pads plus a necklace is the first teddy bear I made in my life.
Here are the photos :
They were very happy with the result and could not wait to bring their bears home.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Waggle BearsSophie, that's just great. The bears turned out to be really cute and I bet your help and the entire project helped to boost their confidence. Good for you for doing this. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Tuppies TeddiesWell done Sophie, and congratulations to your students..
desertmountainbearDear Sophie, I work at a school, I have seen the junior high kid's sewing projects, kids with no disabilities. I don't think would have done a teddy bear as nice as your little ones have done. I hope they are very proud of themselves, they should be. All the bears are wonderful
Joanne
Sophie your kids did an awesome job!!! Lovely teddies!!! 
Past Time BearsThat is wonderful work from your kids! Their teddies are super! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Sophie, the time and effort you must have put in to helping these young people make their teddies is just wonderful. They have done a terrific job and must be so proud of themselves. You should be really proud of yourself too as they couldn't have done it without you. Such a super achievement.
Posts: 185The kids' teddies turned out great! What a wonderful project for them to do. How sweet of you to teach them to make their own bears. 
-Lynnette
PaI think the teddybears came out great!! How nice to be able to share your love of bearmaking with your students! :clap:
Kathleen
Wow Sophie congratulations to you for all the hard work it must have taken to keep our students motivated and what a result!....I love the little bears Big clap for all your talented students :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Lynne :hug:
Jellybelly BearsWow, Sophie thats so terrific! They've done a nice job, and look at your first bear too
wow - that's fantastic!! 
Well done Sophie, and all your students. What a lovely thing to read about!!
Dear Sophie,
That is so wonderful that your students made such lovely bears and you must be so proud of them.
All the time and effort that you put in with helping these kids, has really paid off and you must be all happy with the results.
Well done Sophie!
Hugs
Carolyn
Chaska, MinnesotaSophie: the bears are fantastic!!! That must have been a lot of fun to teach young people bear making!! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Sophie that's brilliant, they did so well with their bears, how lucky they are to have you as a teacher :clap: :clap:
Pauline
WOW!! Sophie, what a wonderful thing....teaching kids (especially kids with learning issues) to make bears!! I would imagine those bears mean a great deal to your students. What a huge accomplishment. Yay, Sophie!! Yay, kids!!
Hugs, :hug:
Aleta
Posts: 222those are so awesome they did good staticool
Patsy Lake BearsSophie what fantastic job you and your kids have done Congratulations to each and everyone of them and especially you for taking the time and effort to teach them the art of bear making. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
