The last day of ArtSpace before Thanksgiving greeted students another game of rhythmic call and response. Gradually, students become much more proficient matching the rhythms set by Mr. Ben and Mr. Matt. Continued improvement in this area may allow for an upcoming performance.
Next up were the partially completed story trees, ready to be decorated with story types. The students recalled the story types that we’ve been talking about since our first session, and Mr. Matt and Mr. Ben notated the various categories on the board. Then, armed with markers and colored pencils, students decorated the branches and trunks of their trees with “fiction”, “biography”, “song”, “theater”, “romance” etc.
The individuality of these group projects gives them excellent display potential.
Third up, students were encouraged to write an account of the instrument-building process in which they had participated during the previous three sessions. Descriptions of box-cutting, rubber-band-stretching, hole-poking and color-splashing abounded. The stories, of course, will be ongoing projects, with potential for further decoration and detailed presentation.
Finally, students busted through the doors to the outdoor playground and took part in a rousing game of “huggy-bear,” spreading the love prior to the Thanksgiving holiday.
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