Haven't seen any of these classes for just about a month...

6th
Sixth grade kids did pretty well this morning. They still have that fresh and frantic feel to them that I recognize from the fifths at the beginning of the year. There is one group of kids that has a hard time coming in and getting down to business. I'm not sure if separating them will help, or if it will hinder the progress of the kids I move them nearer to.

I introduced drawing from a grid/enlarging a photo using a grid to this group today. This definitely appealed to some analytical minds in the group. The difference I see with some of the students is amazing. A small group of boys who was very chatty during teacher oriented lessons has almost completely reversed and several of them were working on enlargements of cars, characters and baseball players today.

1st
I did a mini lesson on making God's Eyes. This might have been a little much for this group. I was hoping for something easy to begin the fibers center with. I will have to do a little research on easier/age appropriate stuff for this group.

Clean up was messy. I should have spoken with them more at the beginning of class about reminders for clean up.

5th
This class is super stars. Their classroom teacher dropped in for a few minutes at the beginning of class to see how they work. I gave them a vote for weaving in the fibers center, or macrame. It was almost unanimously macrame. I should have Devin come in to do a lesson on it... Anyway. We did our lesson, and then the kids could still choose from Painting, Drawing, Collage and what we have covered in Fibers so far. It was awesome. My boys who finished their humungo dragon started a new one! I think every single student was fully or nearly fully engaged during the entire studio time. These kids are like my poster children for choice. Love love love. I had one student share how she drew her embroidery design on her fabric before she began embroidering. One student has been doing finger knitting and he helped several others get started. I helped him with the bind off, then I saw him helping someone else with the same thing.

*warm fuzzies* : D