PCMS students bring Tryon first graders’ imaginary pets to life

POLK COUNTY—An imaginary pet that began as a first grader’s drawing became something much more tangible—a hand-sewn stuffed animal, complete with its own personalized story. The project brought together first graders at Tryon Elementary School and seventh graders at Polk County Middle School for a collaboration involving art, sewing, computer science, and reading. It began with Tryon first graders drawing imaginary pets and answering questions about their creations and their own interests. Those drawings then traveled to Charlotte Grabman’s seventh-grade Family and Consumer Sciences classes at Polk Middle. Each seventh grader was matched with one or more drawings and used sewing skills learned in class to recreate the first grader’s pet as a stuffed animal. Meanwhile, students in Jon Greene’s computer science classes added another piece to the project.

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