The fourth graders are learning about the history of the Mexican sombrero.

They are creating their own using clay.  Students had to practice how to make a pinch pot and a slab with oil clay before they start using earth clay. They have to learn how to score and add slip in order to attach the upside down pinch pot to the slab.  At the end, the students design their sombrero using different tools.

The students are asking me everyday if I fired the sombreros or not.

The answer is:  We have to wait until they are all dry before we put all of them in the kiln.