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The day begins with an all grade school assembly that lasts about 50 minutes. The assembly starts with Spirit Walkers. I read the story to music and give a short introduction. Then I will present a power point slide show of how Spirit Walkers became a book from an idea to the finished product including the development of the characters, the use of a storyboard, and the editing of many many manuscripts. I do this with a lot of visual information and student interaction.
After the assembly the students will have a hands-on art and writing lesson. They will be divided into groups of 30-60 children for each workshop. The workshop will last about 30-60 minutes. The children can sit on the floor or at tables. They only need paper and pencils.
The day begins with an all grade school assembly that lasts about 50 minutes. The assembly starts with Spirit Walkers. I read the story to music and give a short introduction. Then I will present a power point slide show of how Spirit Walkers became a book from an idea to the finished product including the development of the characters, the use of a storyboard, and the editing of many many manuscripts. I do this with a lot of visual information and student interaction.
After the assembly the students will have a hands-on art and writing lesson. They will be divided into groups of 30-60 children for each workshop. The workshop will last about 30-60 minutes. The children can sit on the floor or at tables. They only need paper and pencils.
- The Drawing and Writing Lesson on Emotions
- I tell a story using the students as my characters. The students draw faces of the story’s main character copying what I draw on the board. Each face shows a different emotion as the scenes of the story change. From the story we use the puppy as our next subject.
- After a quick talk about how the four basic shapes make up everything we see in our world. I teach the children how to draw a puppy using circles. I show them how the same face and body can turn into a cat, a bear, a lion, a rabbit, a beaver and a panther. Then we draw a duck using circles and triangles. As time permits we draw a giraffe and maybe a ‘cute’ monster with circles, triangles, squares and rectangles.
- We end our time together by playing a game called, “Stump the Artist.” This game gets the creative juices going. It’s a good one for the students to play with partners. A volunteer student scribbles on my paper (taped to the board). I turn it into something. Whoever guesses what I draw gets the drawing and be the next scribbler.