I realized today that there is really so much going on in the classroom these days. I mean, so much. Sometimes I am glad I don’t really think about things too much in advance, or I would stop myself out of a sense of practicality. Having said that, we best not take on anything else at the moment, well, at least not until April.
In a nutshell, it looks like this:
Roots and Shoots project having to do with endangerment of local riparian areas:
Collaborative work to create a mural-size atlas of endangerment as well as a timeline of extinction:
Creating a re-working of the Japanese story “Peach Boy” for the Tucson Festival of Books (the 5th graders will be creating props and telling the story at that event):
Designing and creating a sculpture out of re-purposed materials that will be a permanent fixture at a new “park” ( currently a dirt lot, a grant was made available to turn the lot into a “green spot”):
The mural! To be painted and installed on the Big Brothers/Big Sisters building:
Preparing to participate in the Global Art Project for Peace:
Mentoring the local public school through their architecture competition (my team is doing a great job demonstrating leadership!):
signing on for Destination Imagination (sounds like we are already there…)
as well as the daily creative work……weaving, building mathematical models, designing the ideal skatepark, mapmaking, origami, calligraphy………
“Creativity is as important in education as literacy, and should be treated with the same status”. – Sir Ken Robinson
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We folded for over an hour, working quietly. The result: a collection of new and inspiring forms, a renewed interest in origami, and some beautiful sculpture to hang in the art space.
Introducing slow art to the classroom, like taking a deep breath of cool, fresh air. All the materials were found at local thrift shops.
