Thank you for allowing me to rest and recover, as promised here is my Mission Statement:


To efficiently teach art to aspiring young artists.To enrich their understanding of themselves and the world through art. To teach them how to passionately express themselves through art. And to provide efficient and meaningful lessons that will help the students to become confident artists.

today i went to south beaver to assist jackie. it was fun we had the children draw still lifes and jackie brought in a cup, and two small pumkins. the children loved it. it was amazing to see how talented these children were at such a young age! i don't even remember drawing that good when i was their age. bu tit was nice to see how well some of the children listened. and i really admired how jackie was able to get the children to listen to her.

today went fairly well at south beaver today. although i think i'm reconsidering working with the younger children. hehe. well i actually liked them but they didn't seem to care to listen. what i've figured is to somehow gain control and yet try to be nice about it. but thats kind of hard for me since i have very little patience, but i will try! right now i'm trying to think of ways to help out jackie with her lesson plans. i don't really like the whole nature based theme though, its just not flowing with me right now.. well i'll still continue to look and see if i can be of any help at all. but i did really enjoy the time i spent at south beaver today it was a great learning experience and maybe i can learn to handle things as smoothly as jackie did.

today went fairly well at south beaver today. although i think i'm reconsidering working with the younger children. hehe. well i actually liked them but they didn't seem to care to listen. what i've figured is to somehow gain control and yet try to be nice about it. but thats kind of hard for me since i have very little patience, but i will try! right now i'm trying to think of ways to help out jackie with her lesson plans. i don't really like the whole nature based theme though, its just not flowing with me right now.. well i'll still continue to look and see if i can be of any help at all. but i did really enjoy the time i spent at south beaver today it was a great learning experience and maybe i can learn to handle things as smoothly as jackie did.

Well today in our EARLY class.. sorry i just don't like getting up so early, but anyway we saw this movie on teaching art and how important it is. i was really surprised at how such younger children could have so much knowledge on art. most of the stuff i learned i didn't learn until high school. so its amazing to me to see such young children already know so much about organic and geometric shapes. that inspires me even more now, i want childern to get an early start on art and to show them at a young age, toteach them something i wasn't taught until high school. but i really did like the movie, it showed me a different side of teaching and the rewards it can bring about.

Yesterday I went to the south beaver elementary school and met up with Jackie and Victor. I was really excited to be there I could just feel all the energy from the children and it got me excited to be there and to know that one day I could be a teacher just like the one we saw teaching. We watched and obsereved how the paint was being distributed to the children and how much fun they had tracing thier fingers with paint. I can't wait till we go back again and get to know the children even more. I also can't wait to see what our mentors have planned for the activites either!!

Well I had lots of fun and I learned lots from the workshop we did last Tuesday. I've gained a more personal insight to the world of art and I hope to one day show children how to do the same. I really enjoyed being there and learning. I really liked my mentor she was really nice. I really liked the museum too, I've never been in there before and it was just amazing!