Residency - Urban Arts Academy - Tamar Ghidalia - 4.00 Hour
This week was rather a chill and not as rambunctious one. Anna Decided that she wanted to try out making natural dyes using cabbage, beets, berries, and tea bags. The kids got to put rubber bands on tea rags in a tie dye fashion and chose a natural dye. It somewhat immediately worked, but I found that mine didn’t retain the color after a couple of days soaking in the dye water. Then the kids got to watch Coco at the end of the session. The days don’t usually run like this, but because they have spring break next week, Anna and the others decided to give them an easier day to relax.
I’m starting to lay out my new lesson plan this week, and will be seriously considering in terms of doing an activity that is impactful in the short amount of time that I have. These kids attention spans are short, and some will probably throw a tantrum for having to do something they don’t want to do. I’m still thinking something performative-based, and I’d still have to think of a conceptual way of teaching kids code without any actual coding involved. But hopefully I’ll get to that soon.