Our next session was supposed to be "self portraits" but we opted to have them draw their own faces and bodies depicting what they wanted to be when they grow up. It was a way to have them visualize themselves being all grown-up and successful in their foreseen future. We all had a laugh when all of the boys wanted a soldier persona on their artwork.
The kids where all growing on me. and every time the class ended they all wanted to take home their work. We had to decline every time, and every time our hearts broke. they'll eventually get to take home their work after their "moving up" day anyway.
Ed was always quick with the camera and occ
It was finally my group’s turn to take the lead and our activity for the day is “Name Art”. Though I already knew their names I was still surprised on how they were spelled.
The Kids were eager as usual and Susan started with enthusiasm. Excitement grew on the children’s eyes when they saw the materials we had (thank you Susan & Ed!). Some names were quite long.. poor kids, but they at least spelled it right. At first we got them different mediums for writing their names. Being kids, it only took a while before they wanted to do exactly what the others are doing and they all ended up using every medium we had. It
I hesitantly drove thinking "How do i start to teach these kids?.."
One of our courses required us to do some community service. I chose Gawad Kalinga as my track and we were to teach kids Art. It was not our first session on teaching the kids. It was another group's last day and i just wanted to see and absorb all i can on how to handle these kids.
Vincent and Marni were just getting their kits ready and I was greeted by kids huddled in the center table. I took a couple of pictures of them and tried memorizing their names. They were really friendly! Although a bit shy they would often answer in chorus. I'm there thinking "I can