Firstly, I'll start by saying I loved teaching art in the classroom. The day we made Inuksuk's I was curious as to whether my predictions were correct with timing. Turns out the students loved working with the rocks to create their very own Inuksuk. I had planned well by bringing in a volunteer from the community to help by having an extra hand for the hot glue gun...thank you Mrs. Cutler! She came to the class and I had Susan Aglukark who is from Nunavut, playing in the background. We all sang, danced, and built our Inuksuk. The Inuksuk ended up being a hit in the school that they are going to be sold at the school's Art Auction in December!
Second, our Children's Art Show was amazing and very enjoyable. All the students really enjoyed coming. Since I was assessing students to show a willingness to work with the materials during my art lesson, it was hard to chose only 5 students to attend. I ended up inviting students who tend to not get recognized in the classroom. I felt by doing this it allowed those students to gain confidence in their abilities and even become more interested in art. All 5 of my students ended up coming and they all enjoyed themselves. They walked around and checked out all the art pieces and came back to me with suggested art projects they would like to do! It is such a great way to celebrate and bring creative ideas to everyone involved.
Overall, I feel the Art Show was well worth while. Everyone in EY-07 seemed to really enjoyed themselves and pitched in where they could to make it a success!
2 comments:
Lots of my students thought your Inuksuk's were very cool... and so did I.
I have a question, why do people actually build Inuksuks? No really, I don't know... care to share? =)
Well, there are many traditional reasons. The land is so flat in the Arctic and hunting is a way of life. Therefore, the hunters would see the Inuksuk in the distance and it would guide them home, or it marked a good hunting spot, or fishing hole. They built Inuksuk on the land and mark the amount of steps down to the water... then in the winter they would count that same amount of steps out onto the ice and it marked a GREAT fishing hole... lots of seals! Those are some, I can fill you in on many more! I'm glad you all enjoyed them and my kids enjoyed your town!
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