January 20 & January 22

Continuing on with STORYTELLING, we have been learning about all of our students personal stories. This week the students worked on "Name Poems." Using the letters of their names the students came up with different words that they felt described, and told a story about themselves. Then the students got very creative in coloring, drawing, and decorating their poems. The students all had a lot of fun creating these poems. We received a lot of positive feedback from all the students about this activity. In next weeks lessons we will begin with presenting everyone's poems to the entire group.

January 15

Today Phil taught with Becky, their former Artspace teacher. Becky came in to work with the students on PROJECTION. The lesson emphasized how projection coincides with movement. We did two activities: The Big Wind Blows, which is a fun activity in which the students learn a lot about one another. One student stands in the middle of the circle and says "The big wind blows every one with (for example) 'a sister'," and those students with a sister move to a new spot in the circle, and whoever is last comes into the center to give the next command. Then we played Zip Zap Zop. This game requires memorization, quick thinking, and focus. This was very difficult and a lot of fun. The students also recieved their nametags, which were laminated for them.

January 13

First Day back in Artspace!! Today was introduction day. We met the new students and the instructors; returning this session is Phil along with a new addition, Bekki. We started today by making name tags that we will use throughout the session. The students decorated the name tags to let us know more about them. After we finished we went outside to play some "getting to know you" games. We started with two truths and a lie, where each student got a partner (someone that they didn't know) and told them two things about themselves that were true, and one thing that was false. Then their partner guessed which was the untrue fact. Then we played Add 'Em Up a very fun partnering math game. Everyone seemed very excited to be in Artspace and are looking forward to this semester!!