Wide-Eye Needles

These needles help students bind books of their own creation and they don't cost the teacher an arm and a leg. There are a number of stitches they can do using any number of materials. These needles connect Making to Literacy or any other subject through note-taking, journaling, publishing, reflecting, and sharing learning. I've had my students use sketch-noting, brainstorming, story telling, and even cut them into creative shapes that can be glued/pocketed into their visual journals to represent any learning.

Some historical Chapbooks (although all content isn't the best for young kids - very interesting artifacts, though):
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapbook

Some strategies for book binding:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bookbinding/Japanese_side_stitch
http://www.mylifeallinoneplace.com/2013/12/how-to-saddle-stitch-your-booklets.html