when we came in today, the kids were reading quietly. the second they saw us come in they all srarted whispering to eachother.. "i love art!" "i forgot they com on wednesday!" "yes art teachers!". i wanted to cry!! alex and i looked at eachother and we got so chokeds up it was adorable!
we had them make holiday wreaths to with the leaf crayon relief technique. they all came out beautifully. i was really impressed with their creativity in such a structured project. some of them started using many colors and then started using the ribbon to make the wreaths into hats and necklaces! my favorite part though was what they wrote on their wreaths. they always want to gove their projects to people in their families and they starting in writing "i love you mommy" and drawing hearts all over. they ARE JUST TOO CUTE.
i have noticed though that they are getting more rowdy. they get up out of their seats alot and shout out for everything. we need to be much more firm with them but alex is NOT the type to yell. so i feel kind of liek the bad guy sometimes. but its necessary to keep them interested and not running around wild. i think they just realized that art time is fun time and that we arent going to say no to anything. but thats becaus ei dont want to stiffle their creativity! theirs definately a fine line between creative and just not listening. but i love them all the same and even better, mrs. k gave me a fantastic midterm report! now im just still waiting for my check! i hope it doesnt come when ive already left for home. that would really suck=[
