October 27th

As I was setting up art today, I felt like I had way too much paper included in my lesson plan. The lesson plan called for 30 pieces of paper and tin foil. I felt like that was a little much (I don't really know what I was thinking when I made it that way), so I put 10 pieces of the regular paper, and used a few sheets less of construction paper and tin foil than I had planned. It worked out though, because I found that the construction paper allowed the color of the doppers to bleed better than the regular paper the first round. The second round, I put out construction paper first, then gave children tin foil if they wanted. My favorite interaction with art was Bodhi today. When he came in and sat down, he said he did not want to get his hands messy. I told him to start with the doppers because those would not get his hands messy. As he did that, he got move engaged, and was excited to use the water dropper as well. He even used a piece of tin foil after he was done with the construction paper. He stayed the whole time, and was worried we would not keep his work as we were leaving for group. I reassured him that we would. I was happy that he became involved in the activity despite his worry of getting messy, and ended up staying the longest. In hindsight, I would have put newspaper down on the table because the dopper ink mixed with the water bled everywhere and stained the table.