Saturday, 21 March 2015
Today, Teacher Ethel's students' drew what they thought of themselves on a BIGGG piece of paper after they had their bodies traced. It was interesting and there were a lot of different outcomes. When doing these kinds of activities, kids tend to draw what they feel or is going through and each kid is very different. They are as candid as can be.
There was a very well drawn picture of a girl with black hair and what pops from the picture aside from the cute face is her pink top. But what really stands out is the fact that her arms couldn't be seen except for a light line drawn by pencil which outlines her arms and hands. Teacher Ethel began to explain the artwork by a few students.
When asked why she doesn't have hands, the little girl explained that she was afraid. She saw in news that people are chopping off other people's hands (of assault or anything) and she didn't want that to happen to her so she didn't draw her hands in an attempt to hide it. "I want my hands to be invisible."
So deep, but scary.
In the picture above, the most left picture, it was drawn by Chloe (one of the girls I taught to make clay donuts last Saturday). From what I heard, it represented how she wanted to be pretty. Her Mom said she always wants her to dress her up nicely haha. I saw her concentrating so hard in class to make her portrait beautiful!
There was another kid that Teacher Ethel spoke off, who used red to draw his/her picture. It was because he/she is very angry and he/she is expressing it through that colour. Sometimes we don't know how much a child is keeping in, and through my work here as a teacher only I realized how much kids need help. Not all of them, but definitely a handful. This part of the world was never revealed to me before I worked there.
Quiet, little girl ^v^
This little toddler has an older brother. He has learning difficulties and couldn't be put together with other kids in the art class because he would be too active. Teacher Ethel personally taught him and he sat on her lap. I like to see Teacher Ethel teach her class because she has so much patience and control that it almost is magical. The boy (Ming Ming) likes to paint and basically he randomly paints the paper with poster paint until it is a dark and wet patch. Maybe to him it offers some sort of relief.
Their Mom looks quite young too, and pretty. I can see she's trying to be patient with Ming Ming and she puts in effort. The little sister just walks around slowly and quietly - she's a good child. She looks at us and then when we look back, she looks away!! When she was left alone to walk around, I picked her up and she smiled (yay!). Then I played subtle peek-a-boo with her which made her happier.
(I can smell nasi lemak and it is just midnight now.)
I made a birthday cake today using plasticine~ Initially it was supposed to be a tiered wedding cake but then I transformed it into a bday cake. Well, I guess it can go both ways.
It took me a whole day to make. I didn't have much students today. Jia En didn't come, though I had bought manila cards for her right after I reached the studio (she told me last week she wanted a manila card for a Hello Kitty project).
Tada!
Teacher is gonna buy a case for me to store this can't-harden plasticine. I actually said I can buy it myself but he insists he buy. Maybe he feels guilty. He said he's gonna pay me back for the manila cards as well but I said it's OK - it's just 80 cents for one piece.
Cinderella is awesome! I ship the prince and her so damn much. There were surprisingly a lot of sad scenes in the beginning of Cinderella and I almost teared. I like the songs and overall the movie is heart-warming. Can't think of much to say because it basically follows the original plot of the story. :)
Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green...
When you are King, dilly dilly, I shall be Queen...
