How it’s going

So far so good. I’d say pretty well actually. The kids got the butterfly-breathing down pretty quick. (That was a good experiment. A whole group of first graders can learn to breathe consciously) They had good questions and good answers. I forgot how much this age loves art.

When I used to teach, it was a weekly event for each class at every grade level, even PreK. They loved it. All the teachers loved it. When I was there, I kept hearing how they dearly miss art taught by a ‘real’ artist. That was a rare and wonderful program. We had a real musician teaching music as well.

This experience got me thinking about art education. When I finished teaching, things sounded like they were going back to the way they were, which seemed fine, but art budgets were cut so it became one more thing for regular teachers to do.

I’m glad for the opportunities both then and now. I forgot how much fun making up art projects was. Also fun that they loved my book.