Galactic Homes

This saturday was a great experience! We were scrambling at the last minuet to make sure our projects ran smoothly, but that extra effort really made a difference in how the children worked with their materials. The kids loved every minuet of it. This week the students worked collaboratively to create their own galactic city! Students grouped up in pairs and drew on canvas their own alien city. We were surprised to see that most of them stayed on ask and really thought about what an city in outer space would look like, the dialogue between the students was great. They also loved being able to work on a large canvas. Even though they were still drawing, working on a canvas made them feel great about their work because it was on a larger scale. The printmaking project also went amazing, a little messy, but great experience for not only the kids but for us as well. The kids were shocked to see how they drawings could be transferred onto colorful paper, not to mention, they loved rolling the ink onto their foam drawings. We all thought the project went well, however if we discussed that if we ever did this project again we would split up the printing station so the students had more room. Even though we only had one printing station it still went very smooth and some students even made two! Over these past couple weeks we are finally starting to let loose in the classroom and hang out with the students. On factor to this is the centers. The centers we have created have allowed us to take control of our classroom in a very fun way. When students finish projects early we are not worried about what they are doing. Instead, we know that they have fun interesting places to play while learning at the same time : ) All in all this week went well and we are all ready to make this Saturday even better.