ART ON MY HANDS: Miss posted on wrong site...here it is now.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Miss posted on wrong site...here it is now.

Back at it again!

A Shapescapes Stabile

We just completed week two in my district. This year is a bit different in that I am seeing Kindergartners right away. They usually don't attend specialist until they are settled into a school routine. I saw my first Kinders about an hour after they began their first day of school. I was really anxious; probably as much as they were about their first day of school. Much to my surprise, and relief, it went great and I am really enjoying spending time with these littles. I generally begin my Kinder classes in a Reggio Emilio style of learning for about the first month to six weeks. Class time begins with a book and then several stations of manipulative are put out for students to use to create. I stumbled on a post this summer on Facebook demonstrating the use of Shapescapes and I headed right over to Amazon to purchase a set with my kinders in mind. I have to say, I love these things. Yes, they were a bit pricey but let me tell you, I will be purchasing another set as soon as I can work it into my personal budget. When they arrived in August, I immediately put my adult personality aside and jumped right into building some stabiles with the ShapeScapes.. I had a blast. This week my kinders got a hold of them and I couldn't have been more pleased with the results and their enthusiasm. I began the lesson by introducing Alexander "Sandy" Calder and reading the book "Sandy's Circus", We examined a mobile and discovered the differences between mobiles and stabiles. Then we set to work building. Here are some of the terrific creations that came out of the lesson. I promised to let them build again next week. I'm thinking it might be a while before we tire of these terrific shapes!