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Aug 21, 2012 09:02am

By Pilar Bewley

Under Uncategorized, babies, crafts, DIY, early childhood development, gobbi, infants, mobiles, montessori, Montessori Materials, montessori method & sensorial

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Gobbi Tutorial, Part II (Hanging the Gobbi)

To see Part I (Making the Gobbi mobile), click here.

My dear friend Junnifa, who's taking the Assistants to Infancy training, was kind enough to give me guidance and sent me the two pictures that show how to hang the Gobbi mobile. I love her beautiful results! Thanks Junnifa!!! :)

Materials:

Large piece of paper or whiteboard
Pencil or marker
Ruler or straight edge
Dowel
More embroidery thread (optional)

Instructions:

First, draw a straight line on a piece of paper or a whiteboard. Line u…

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Gobbi Tutorial, Part I

Disclaimer: I am NOT what you would call "incredibly crafty" and I'm also pretty bad at writing tutorials (How I successfully wrote 12 Montessori albums, I'll never know). I also haven't taken the Assistants to Infancy training, so if there's a different/better way to do this, please leave your comments below for the benefit of all readers.

A few months ago I wrote about the Gobbi mobile, which is a favorite among babies starting around 8 weeks of age. Several readers have asked me for a tuto…

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