Just before the Memorial Day weekend, Kwasi Asare was back in his groove, doing Kente weaving workshops with elementary, middle school and high school students. Kwasi put on his Kente Weaving Educational workshop for 4th graders at East Farms Elementary School in Farmington, Connecticut on Thursday, May 25th; he did a series of 4 one-hour sessions with the East Farms students.
As usual, the kids had a fantastic time! Kwasi’s workshop is great opportunity for students to get away from their smart phones, tablets, TVs and laptops and to engage in a unified mind-body/hand-eye experience as they make their own Kente creations. Working with Kwasi’s specially designed small looms, students enter into a Zen-like meditative state that is good for reducing stress and anxiety. Visualizing the color patterns they want to create and seeing them come to life is a personally rewarding experience; the children also feel a sense of achievement as they learn to create something beautiful with their own hands. Many of the students were excited to show their Kente cloth bookmarks to their parents!
In addition to his regular work as a mathematics teacher, Kwasi is available to do in class as well as weekend workshops for schools, churchs and community organizations throughout the school year and summer months. Contact Kwasi at kwasister@gmail.com and he can help you design a Kente workshop to meet the needs of your students and community!
Kwasi Asare: Master Kente Weaver, Mathematician, African Sage & Teacher 