Hi everyone!
First of all, yes! I will share a picture of the community tables next week. I am excited to see what they will come up with. The process is wonderful. The students are creating sketches and once those are complete, the artist will take the sketches and use them as inspiration for the final work of art! On Thursday. the artist will be transferring the final sketch onto the tables. Then, next week, we will bring the tables to the centers and during their time with us, one of the stations will be a painting station for the students to paint the sketch! I think it has been an awesome process. We just got back from priming the tables and even though I have paint everywhere, I couldn't be more excited.
Today, at the community center, I was with a group of 10-13 year old's. It was a group of about 30 students, so, we had three groups. I lead a pictionary group. But, we put a twist on the activity. We brought some fragrances for the students to smell and from there, the students drew what the scent was. It was a lot of fun. I sometimes forget how competitive students can be. But, it was fun to see them fully engaged!
I did this activity with a younger group, 8-10 year old's, and it was a little more chaotic, but the students were still heavily engaged. I suggest the activity! It was a lot of fun and it also broke the ice and made it more fun. (Although I suggest thinking of a prize. The kids liked the idea of working towards something. I am thinking something museum related....maybe a bookmark from the museum store? I am not sure..).
Tomorrow, I have a group of 6-8 year old's. I am thinking I will modify the activity. I think I will have the students hand around the scent in a group and from there, we can talk about associations with the scent. Example: One of the scents is condensed milk, we could talk about what recipes use condensed milk or if they remember cooking with a parents using that ingredient. This age is a little trickier for me to visualize the activities. But, I hope we can build off their memories, after all, smell is the strongest sense! I'll update or edit with whatever activity I decide to do...Let me know if you guys have any suggestions!
Thanks!
What a cool idea for a twist on Pictionary to make use of more of the senses! I love it and want to try it! I think your plan for the 6-8 year olds is a good one. As you wrote, smell is such a strong sense and it is very evocative of memories for me and, based on our readings in class and talking to museum educators who use scents, we know it is powerful for others too. I am sure the 6-8 year olds will enjoy talking about their memories of certain scents.
ReplyDeleteSweetened condensed milk makes me remember buying alfajores (dulche de leche sandwich cookies) from a vendor on the street in Bogota, Colombia when my husband and I were there over Easter one year... the cookies were so sweet and so delicious! It makes me want to look up a recipe and bake some right now! :)
Yummm, condensed milk i think about my mom making Flan. We usually only make it during Christmas since it's when we are able to get together. But I remember my mom making flan more often we we lived in Mexico when I was kid. Her flan is still my favorite dessert!!!
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