FACE PAINTING AT KRAMER ELEMENTARY (2hours)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
I went to Kramer Elementary School to paint kids faces during their annual carnival. I arrived and went into the face painting booth that was also a combination nail painting and face painting. The face painting was set up in the left corner of the playground by the entrance so the children could easily see it and want to participate. We had many different types of materials set up: brushes, paint, a mirror, and scratch paper to practice designs.
During the event, we organized the table and the materials while they were being used and made sure that they were clean and ready for the next person to use. We had four chairs set up for the children to sit in while we were painting their faces, and we took children in the order that they came to us, so it would be fair. The event was successful, and each child was happy with their design. I was nervous because I had never face painted before, but I felt confident in my ability to learn as I go. Which ended up being useful because a lot of the children wanted unconventional things that not a lot of people knew how to do. I had to look up a few images because I wasn't sure how to manipulate it to make it look good on a face. It was difficult, but overall it was easy and fun. The kids had a great time and so did the painters. It was a fun experience and I learned important things about being prepared and having the right materials and the correct people doing the job. I had a lot of fun with this experience and I would love to do this again and maybe incorporate a lesson on face painting into a lesson for my students and we could face paint and learn about different types of paint and the chemicals and the way the paints react differently to different surfaces.
During the event, we organized the table and the materials while they were being used and made sure that they were clean and ready for the next person to use. We had four chairs set up for the children to sit in while we were painting their faces, and we took children in the order that they came to us, so it would be fair. The event was successful, and each child was happy with their design. I was nervous because I had never face painted before, but I felt confident in my ability to learn as I go. Which ended up being useful because a lot of the children wanted unconventional things that not a lot of people knew how to do. I had to look up a few images because I wasn't sure how to manipulate it to make it look good on a face. It was difficult, but overall it was easy and fun. The kids had a great time and so did the painters. It was a fun experience and I learned important things about being prepared and having the right materials and the correct people doing the job. I had a lot of fun with this experience and I would love to do this again and maybe incorporate a lesson on face painting into a lesson for my students and we could face paint and learn about different types of paint and the chemicals and the way the paints react differently to different surfaces.
KIDS NIGHT OUT (3 Hours)
OCTOBER 24, 2014
I went with a group of four other girls to partake in Kids Night Out, an after school/evening event where kids from the local elementary school came to play games and make crafts and have fun at night. There were stations like basketball, and miniature bowling, and dodgeball. There were also crafts like, building bird feeders at a different station. Our station was by far the most populated. We had four different activities: making handprint witches, frankensteins, and vampires, making masking tape mummies, making flying bats, and making paper plate spiders. They loved all the activities, but it evolved into kids doing whatever they wanted. Some wanted to straight out paint, while others wanted to make things that weren't a planned activity. We accommodated their requests and made it possible for them to be happy with their work.
SATURDAY ART (2.5 hours)
october 25, 2014
On Saturdays, Miami University allows children from the elementary school to come in to a classroom and participate in a lesson that one of the Art Education students. This week's lesson was on heroes and what they can do. The teacher had pre-made materials and set everything out before hand so she could concentrate on helping the students focus on their work. Students were first presented with a worksheet that taught them how to create shadows on objects and start them with writing the written portion of the project. Students had to come up with a funny problem that a hero could supposedly solve. Students thought of problems such as, running out of low fat yogurt, and slipping during dodgeball. The students then followed the process of making their damsel in distress by painting pre-made sheets of bubble wrap and printing them onto sheets of paper that were cut out to resemble faces and necks of people. They created ben-day dots onto the faces to resemble the process of comic books and the way they were drawn back in the 1950's. Then the students cut out eyes and mouths that created an expression of shock like they were surprised at the action they were reporting. The project unfortunately took too much time and they have to finish it the next week.
The teacher did a great job of helping the children and explaining things in detail and in a way they could understand. The children were engaged in the activity and really seemed to enjoy it. The hardest part was them thinking of the funny problem that they were going to illustrate. They made it work, even though some children did not want to write or think hard about their problems, they persevered and eventually made the project happen. I think overall this was a good learning experience, where the teacher set everything up before had and had the powerpoint made it feel like a real classroom. There were some minor things to be improved, but overall it was a great experience and the teacher did an excellent job creating and executing this exercise.
The teacher did a great job of helping the children and explaining things in detail and in a way they could understand. The children were engaged in the activity and really seemed to enjoy it. The hardest part was them thinking of the funny problem that they were going to illustrate. They made it work, even though some children did not want to write or think hard about their problems, they persevered and eventually made the project happen. I think overall this was a good learning experience, where the teacher set everything up before had and had the powerpoint made it feel like a real classroom. There were some minor things to be improved, but overall it was a great experience and the teacher did an excellent job creating and executing this exercise.
SATURDAY ART (2.5 hours)
November 15, 2014
Saturday, November 15, I volunteered to assist with Saturday Art once again. This time was different though. They were still working with the theme of Heroes, but this time they were specifically creating a battle scene between a hero and a villain using one-point perspective as the artistic style of work. They were shown examples of one-point perspective and given clear, step by step and then they actually made a one-point perspective in class example. The teacher went to the blackboard with a ruler and went step by step creating a one point perspective. The teacher thoroughly explained the steps with easy to follow directions. Then the students made their own one-point perspective. They each got a paper and a ruler and started drawing their perspective. Each student was working very well on their art and didn't seem to have much trouble understanding the terms and the steps to complete it. Then once they drew their buildings and their streets, they started to draw the heroes and villains that were going to be the focus of the piece. Then they colored their art and made the picture come alive by adding small details, like windows and doors.
Once they were complete they did a review of the materials and the process and most of the kids remembered the famous artists she connected the work to and remembered the process of what to do and the vocabulary terms the teacher introduced. Overall, the teacher explained everything very clearly and make it easy for kids to understand. She was very helpful towards the students, and the assistants in the room. I really liked what she did with this lesson and how she exposed younger kids to a more difficult concept of art, and they still understood it.
Once they were complete they did a review of the materials and the process and most of the kids remembered the famous artists she connected the work to and remembered the process of what to do and the vocabulary terms the teacher introduced. Overall, the teacher explained everything very clearly and make it easy for kids to understand. She was very helpful towards the students, and the assistants in the room. I really liked what she did with this lesson and how she exposed younger kids to a more difficult concept of art, and they still understood it.