Well, the school year has started. After only 3 days, I am tired. 17 classes in 3 days! 8 on Friday alone! But, it was worth it to see the kids laugh, learn and have fun drawing, and working together as a team!
After learning the art ARTSY rules, each for almost every class, I read and we discussed the main ideas of the book/story.
The Crayon Box that Talked, and drawing crayon friends=Kindergarten; Friends and Jack Rabbit Jack and drawing the characters=First; The Kissing Hand, and creating one for a team member=2nd grade; T-shirt team share and design=3rd grade; Rapunzel's Escape Route teamwork=Fourth; and Compliment Game and Random Drawing=5th grade.
I soon lost count how many times I told each story, for some crossed over into other grades, and we discussed how important respect is and if we don't show it, we hurt people, or we get hurt, too.
What a three days! Now, on Monday and Tuesday I will tell the stories all over again, to a different set of students, at one school to 19 classes! New students, new art drawings to be completed and shared.
Teachers that include a literary concept (book) and language arts like I do and integrate it with visual arts, will see a difference in student's attention span and behavior. The minute I began drawing or reading, they were with me doing as I asked and listened. Five minutes=it was worth it. It set the base for the lesson. Another fun thing was to have them guess the acronym of my rules: ARTSY.: Always; Respect, Think, Start, and You. I won't give away my set of rules, but for K-5 you can probably figure them out.
And the art terms we covered: Random, lines: vertical, diagonal, horizontal; shapes, colors, rhythm.
So, off I go again to teach my students. Their smiles, and genuineness to really learn and have fun in art is why I teach. Intrinsic rewards for me, and I hope for the students when they are successful.
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