With beginning a new school year, I have been traveling through a lot of REFLECTION. I have two big take-aways from my 2nd year of teaching TAB/Choice. The first big "take-away" from last school year (my 2nd year of TAB) was to have FAITH in my teaching. So much attention had been placed on my classroom in my 1st year of TAB/Choice, I thought to myself, "I have to be the best at this to have have people come observe me." I relied on my mentor and generous colleagues who practice TAB pedagogy for resources, assessment and planning. I didn't rely on my own instincts to provide authentic art opportunities for children, I followed others' leads. My students did create wonderful artworks, full of meaning with enriching artist statements, but I lost sight on PROCESS and sometimes looked at PRODUCT. Especially with Art Shows, Exhibitions with other art teachers that are project based. I lost confidence in PROCESS. Takeaway Number 2... forget PRODUCT! Let go of the pressure and have FAITH in yourself and have FAITH in the PROCESS!
So this year!!! I currently have had students working on Painting Skills while decorating the covers of their sketchbooks. We talked about Tempera paint and different painting skills and terms like tint, sgraffito, blending, drybrushing, etc. The students set to work with a warm or cool color schemes and had a lot of fun exploring sgraffito and blending. The sketchbook idea came from Cassie Stephens.
We are going to use the sketchbooks to house our studio skills, idea sheets, and ATC's! We have joined in with MiniMatisse's ATC Swap! We will be creating 2 1/2x3 1/2 mini art pieces to swap globally with countries like Australia, Cambodia, Germany, Japan, Scotland, Thailand, and the U.K. not to mention 80 schools from all over the United States. More about that soon!!
I hope everyone is off to a great year! I love all the comments and questions I have been getting on the blog! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
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