What do you make of it? (A note from Yvonne)

Today I had the opportunity to work with seven of the children in smaller groups of one or two at a time! I think this is wonderful because it gives all of us a chance to have more dialogue about what it is they are doing, and what they are working to express on paper.

With this project, I initiated a drawing of a random shape(s) on each of the children's paper with a black marker. They were then given the simple instruction to, "See what you can make of it" by finishing the drawing. They were offered both crayons and colored pencils, and they enjoyed the possibilities of what was not only offered to them as a starter shape, but what they were drawing on their own.

Some snapshots of the work in progress....

"Let's put these back one at a time (in the jar)" ~Mia

Jalie opted for pencils instead of crayons.

Corbin was very contemplative about how to go about picking one of each color from the lazy susan crayon tray.

Sophia was focusing on staying in the lines.

Here is some detail and quotes from their work...

"It's a circle with a cat!" and "These are my favorite color (the brown crayons)." ~Anika




"It's a snowman on top of a snowman" and "I don't want to draw, I want to go outside!" ~Alaira


"Mine is an octopus...and here's a snake!" and "I want to use EVERY single color!" ~Corbin




"If you use a white crayon on white paper you can't see it." and "Maybe this is an another octopus" ~Jalie




"Look, I drawed a heart! It looks like my mom did it!" and "This is fun!" ~Mia




"This is a cactus. It has green with red and orange and purple" and (to Sophia) "You can always move the crayons where you want them (the jars)" ~Ava


"This is my brother Dominique's hand. He's in the marching band." and "I put some extra colors here!" ~Sophia




We had a great day!

Until next time...
Yvonne