This quote is from my Nia Dance teach Dina Innominato who teaches at Nia Underground in Seattle.
If you think trying to work with clay in high school is daunting - try leaning to dance at my age and ability level! Let's face it - I'm old and out of shape and a lot of babes are young and much more athletic!!!!
But the point is we need to keep this place feeling safe for all students - and me - to be creative - and being creative means taking chances. Learning is hard because it means that sometimes you have to give up what you thought you previously 'knew' to be true. IT MEANS CHANGE AND CHANGE IS SCARY!
SO we need a SAFE classroom to create in. SO you need to keep discussions about art and not about anything that might be disturbing to creativity. See the section on Classroom Covenant.
NEWS FOR TODAY
*Bisque is out. Get your project, wash it and tomorrow we will talk about glazing. :)
If you think trying to work with clay in high school is daunting - try leaning to dance at my age and ability level! Let's face it - I'm old and out of shape and a lot of babes are young and much more athletic!!!!
But the point is we need to keep this place feeling safe for all students - and me - to be creative - and being creative means taking chances. Learning is hard because it means that sometimes you have to give up what you thought you previously 'knew' to be true. IT MEANS CHANGE AND CHANGE IS SCARY!
SO we need a SAFE classroom to create in. SO you need to keep discussions about art and not about anything that might be disturbing to creativity. See the section on Classroom Covenant.
NEWS FOR TODAY
*Bisque is out. Get your project, wash it and tomorrow we will talk about glazing. :)