Here is the second program post on our Children's Art program by Joey Teevens:
Ahoy
there readers! I hope you all find
yourselves well. Polly and I are
posting here to update you on our first children’s art class, which took place
this past Friday afternoon. The
children’s art program takes place once a week throughout our semester and
consists of a general theme designed to allow the kids to learn more about
different countries and cultures, as well as to explore their own creative
abilities. Our theme for this
semester, appropriately enough, is South America. Every week we will be introducing our students to a
different South American country by making a presentation about its people and
culture, culminating with a review of a specific art form or craft that we will
attempt to replicate in the classroom.
Polly
and I chose to begin the semester with Brazil. We found a cool little Brazilian maraca craft for kids
online and moved forward with the energy and rhythm worthy of a professional samba instructor. We complemented our supplies of paint,
popsicle sticks, glue, strings, and beads by purchasing paper plates, lentils,
and kernels of corn. Having thus
acquired such an astonishing artistic arsenal, we commenced a creative carnaval with our children who were
craving colorful creations. With
Brazilian music setting the mood in the background, the kids eagerly started to
paint their paper plates.
Utilizing some construction paper, Polly had also managed to make small
Brazilian flags and soccer balls (I did my best to make little pink and orange
construction paper carnaval masks)
and the kids glued them on to their plates once they were done painting. To finish off the maracas, we gave each
kid a handful of kernels and lentils to place between their paper plates, glued
everything together, added strings (with beads on the ends of course), and voila! Brazilian maracas!
I hope you enjoy these pictures of our little Picassos as much as we
enjoyed getting in touch with our own inner-artists with them! Until next time, cuídense and remember, a little bit of dried glue and paint never
hurt anyone!
