Creative Arts , Standard 3
Creative
Arts , Standard 3
Creative Arts with Standard 3, where do I
start? Maybe a more suitable name is “35
minutes of Creative Chaos”. Our first Creative Arts class with Standard 3 was
great. We brought everyone to the field
and played some games with them to get more familiar with their names. First of all we got everyone in a circle by
singing “ lets make a circle, a biggy biggy circle”. We threw each kid, all 45 of them, a small
ball and they had to introduce themselves by telling us their name and doing a
dance or a trick. It was really good fun
and for any volunteers coming here I would seriously recommend it as your first
class.
Over the following 7 weeks, we did
activities in the classroom and this is where the chaos began. The first time we did this we had all the
kids make signs with their names on it for their desk. This was a stressful but really fun
experience. Kids ask for ten pieces of
paper, they have no pen, they want more crayons....the questions are endless. After this class we learned how to deal with
the class better and the lessons got easier and so much more fun from there.
My favourite activity with the class was
doing a safari/jungle theme activity. We
had all the kids draw a picture of their favourite animal they would see in the
jungle. After this class we saw just how
imaginative and talented some of these kids really are. After seeing the pictures we decided that
displaying them in the classroom would be really good. We had been on a Safari the previous weekend
so we printed off some pictures of the animals we saw, including elephants, giraffes
and lions. We filled two boards that are
now hanging in the classroom with all the kids pictures with some magazine cut
outs and pictures we had taken at the weekend.
It brightened up the classroom and all the kids were so excited to see
their pictures on display. This activity
really showed us that creative arts can broaden kids creativity and imagination
while at the same time boosting their confidence.
Overall, while I might have begun by using
“creative chaos” to describe the classes, it is something that I think is a
great benefit for kids. I’ve really
enjoyed seeing how excited the kids get when you hand them a piece of paper and
a crayon and in turn them coming up with something that they are really proud
of.
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