In the first two weeks of our,"Teaching of the Arts," class we talked about our talents, if we thought we had any, and what it means to be creative. We agreed that being creative does not mean doing something the "right" or "best" way. We also talked about how we could take others ideas and make them our own. Most of us were too shy to admit we had any artistic talent or creativity, but the conversations we had in class, inspired me to step out of my comfort zone and just be free. Just like we were shy at first, so will our students. We need to set the tone as teachers so we can make them believe that they can in fact create a masterpiece!
In order to help students start creating:
*Provide a variety of materials for them to explore with
*talk with students about how to critique someone else's work
* give them "some think time" (our teacher told us the week before that we would be creating a masterpiece)
MY Masterpiece!
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