We Did It!

I successfully finished my first lesson with the kids! Last Thursday I went to the school and finished filming the rest of the kids. Now I just have to edit all of the footage. Mrs. Terry gave me all of the kids paintings to take home so that I could make cute borders and plaques for them. My husband and I had an incredible time looking at all of their amazing paintings. We laughed so hard at all the adorable and creative titles.

Tomorrow I will be introducing my next lesson to the kids. We are going to be making our very own figure sculptures! It should be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to it. Below you can see the full lesson plan.

Quiet Child

Last week was a blast. I had the opportunity to get some one on one time with the kids. Well, sort of. We set up a backdrop out in the hallway. The kids would come out in groups and sit up against the wall. I then had them one at a time get their paintings, stand in front of the backdrop, and then answer my questions as I filmed them. 

They all seemed so nervous! I would asked them their name, the title of their artwork, and how it made them feel (going off of the Kandinsky book). They all answered with smiles on their faces, but they were all so quiet! I kept asking each of them to speak up and be loud, but they must of just been really shy. 

I went back through my footage and a lot of it is impossible to hear what the kids are saying. I haven't decided if I'll have to redo some of them. Tomorrow the plan is to go and finish up the rest of the filming. Hopefully I can get through all of the kids. And then next week we will start the next lesson. Mrs. Terry and I have been collaborating on what we want to do next. We should know by this weekend!

Technology Hates Me.

I had another successful visit with Mrs. Terry's class, although there were a few bumps along the way. I had created a playlist of music for the kids to listen to as they painted. I had researched what kind of music Kandinsky listened to in his time and tried to find music similar to that. That all went well! It was trying to hook it up to the speakers that was difficult. My phone wasn't connecting properly, and then the speakers weren't connecting to the computer. It took a little bit but we finally got it all figured out and working. 

It was so much fun getting to watch all of the kids paint. They all have such different styles. They seemed to really enjoy themselves too. And a lot of them made some really great pieces! I honestly couldn't tell the difference between de Kooning and the kids. 

I brought my camera so that I could record them painting as I walked around. I would have got away with it too if it wasn't for my meddling camera. Unfortunately it was somehow set to burst mode instead of record. All I captured were some awkward photos of myself, which is a real bummer because I thought I had some really good footage. Luckily I have 6 more weeks to film the kids painting, so its not all bad.

Mrs. Terry and I came up with a really cool idea for the final celebration. So I am excited for that. On Thursday I will be going back to the school to wrap up my first lesson. I'll be filming each of the children and asking them about their artwork. Sort of like they are critiquing their own art, which is something we taught them in the lesson. So this week will be some what of an assessment!