Drawing with Children day 1
Well, that went well then! She had a little bit of a wobbly over drawing the bird at the end of the session but did everything else really happily. She started off dashing off the shapes without much care but then noticed that my circles were actually vaguely circular, asked why and then slowed down and realised that yes, mummy was telling the truth, if you go a bit slower you have more chance of getting it right.
I’ve spent a bit of time tonight with Paint putting together a "crib sheet" of all the different lines etc in the bird for her to trace over one at a time then put together to make another attempt at a bird tomorrow. She struggles a bit to pick out the individual bits once the drawing got past 4 or 5 elements so hopefully seeing all the bits totally seperate will help her see what they look like (did that make sense?)
Music today was in the form of the Sound of Music which she warbled her way happily through.
Funny moment of the day was when the boy next door called round in the morning to see if she was playing and she said she would be out once she had finished her homework! He looked very confused 
Tomorrow it’s Jungle Jim, shopping and more drawing. May try for a brief violin session in there too.
sounds like a very good day.
Comment by Michelle — October 29, 2007 @ 11:25 pm