Before we break out in total frivolity due to the new year festivities, I want to blog that I had a wonderful day in art world today. I am enjoying all the elementary students, many are creating on a new level, I take mis-behavior in stride (here is a referral, explain why you were fighting over that pencil or not fighting over that pencil and almost slamming the other guy down......in the office), (I wasn't Miss, really, I wasn't , etc.) and I am really enjoying my middle school students. They seem to all be relaxing a little, although many have this crazy drive to finish art as fast as possible. That's the opposite of how I was trained, and how I am training my students.
Art needs to be thought about, planned a bit, dreamed a great deal. Most kids seem to attack art like a math problem, then slowly ease up once they realize there isn't one right answer. Then, they realize they can be a little dreamy and go where they haven't even thought of going in their little, just budding, creative world. I love to watch it and cheer them on.
Some kids have trouble handling the supposed "dream time" or time to make new choices and go in new directions. They think it is recess and slyly look to see if I will notice they are using supplies as soccer balls under the tables. (These children love soccer.)
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