Brandon holds the potato steady while this little girl draws her design on it.
I just love this picture. Look at the little boy!
Stamping!
Really getting into it!
He's just so cute!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Manitos and Papas (Little hands and potatos)
Wednesday. We made potato stamps...as the name suggests it is a stamp made from an uncooked baked potato. Split the potato in half; draw a desired shape (fish, heart, star, letter, flower, ect.); and, using a plastic knife, carve the outside of the shape! The children loved using their stamps with fingerpaint:
Brandon holds the potato steady while this little girl draws her design on it.
I just love this picture. Look at the little boy!
Stamping!
Really getting into it!
He's just so cute!
Brandon holds the potato steady while this little girl draws her design on it.
I just love this picture. Look at the little boy!
Stamping!
Really getting into it!
He's just so cute!
More pictures from Wednesday
Below are the rest of the pictures from Wednesday, during the finger painting! The children loved getting messy and creating whatever they wanted on paper. I was excited to see how creative they got, often feeding off each other's ideas :)
Just getting started!
My dad and Lesmond!
Paola really gets into it! Story about Paola: She started painting dots of color (red, yellow, blue, and green) in rows on the paper, just as her neighbor did. But Tori and I encouraged her to put more paint on the page and we showed her how to mix blue and red to make purple. She was amazed and delighted and started mixing all the colors and, as you can see, there are no longer rows of red, yellow, green, and blue dots!
Even I have the chance to get a little messy!
Just getting started!
My dad and Lesmond!
Paola really gets into it! Story about Paola: She started painting dots of color (red, yellow, blue, and green) in rows on the paper, just as her neighbor did. But Tori and I encouraged her to put more paint on the page and we showed her how to mix blue and red to make purple. She was amazed and delighted and started mixing all the colors and, as you can see, there are no longer rows of red, yellow, green, and blue dots!
Even I have the chance to get a little messy!Thursday, August 12, 2010
Black, Red, White, Green, and Yellow
Tuesday in Honduras. The children were excited to see us when we came in and enjoyed painting foam crosses and making salvation bracelets.
The children studiously painting their cross the color of their choosing.
This is the salvation bracelet we made. I explained, both in English and Spanish, that each color symbolizes a fundamental step in becoming follower of Christ: "Black represents sin—when we do bad things or don't do what God wants us to do—we all deserve death. Red is the blood of Christ, which points to 2000 years ago when Jesus, the son of God, died on the cross to save us from our wickedness. White symbolizes our clean heart, forgiven when we accept Jesus to be Lord of our life. Green is faith; just as God makes the grass and trees grow, so he increases our faith in Him. Yellow represents heaven and eternity Christians are promised to spend with the God of the Universe."
Troy with his buddies Hugo and Luis.
This was an amazing day, sharing God's love with these children through fun crafts!
The children studiously painting their cross the color of their choosing.
This is the salvation bracelet we made. I explained, both in English and Spanish, that each color symbolizes a fundamental step in becoming follower of Christ: "Black represents sin—when we do bad things or don't do what God wants us to do—we all deserve death. Red is the blood of Christ, which points to 2000 years ago when Jesus, the son of God, died on the cross to save us from our wickedness. White symbolizes our clean heart, forgiven when we accept Jesus to be Lord of our life. Green is faith; just as God makes the grass and trees grow, so he increases our faith in Him. Yellow represents heaven and eternity Christians are promised to spend with the God of the Universe."
Troy with his buddies Hugo and Luis.
This was an amazing day, sharing God's love with these children through fun crafts!Watercolor and Construction Paper!
Monday. The first day with the children is always hardest. You never know what to expect and neither do they. When we walked into the school I didn't know what room in which we should set up or to whom to talk...or how to communicate in Spanish to the director the reason we were there. Nevertheless Hollie (a missionary in Honduras, for Providence World Ministries) showed up and explained to the director, Luz, what was going on. We soon met Katherine, the first grade English teacher, who showed us the room where we found 15 students ready to have fun! We had no time to set up, so we introduced ourselves while we filled cups of water, passed out paper and brushes and learned their names.
I choose to do a project I did with the children in Nashville a few months ago. The idea is a sunset painted with watercolor and a tree silhouetted in the foreground. The children first painted the sunset and, while it dried, cut out a tree from black construction paper to glue on their sunset. They made beautiful trees of all shapes and sizes!
This is Steve and Brooke (my helpers) with Michele, Jonathan, José, and Karla. One of the blessings God gave us is that these children ate lunch at the same time and place we did so I sat with them Monday through Wednesday. There was always a free seat beside Michele (far left) and we soon became good friends. (although we had just met at the time I took this photo and she didn't want her photo taken....and I don't think she knew her work of art was upsidedown!)
While this was a bilingual school the children were all shy about using their English. They all understood the instructions we gave in English but if we asked them more than a yes or no question (which they would only nod or shake their head in response) they would only give you a blank stare. Therefore, I was able to use the Spanish I learned earlier in high school in order to get a reply.
This is me and Nelly a sweet 5 year old that I met two years ago, the last time I was in Honduras. I had played Pato, Pato, Ganso (Duck, Duck, Goose) and taken pictures with her for about an hour but never learned her name. I recognized her immediately (though she didn't recognize me) and enjoyed the reunion.
This is Tori and Genesis, painting the sunset. Tori also helped on Wednesday and worked with Genesis. Genesis so loved Tori that she gave her a wallet that her mom had made as a present, thanking Tori for helping her with art!
My mom and Cynthia. Cynthia was so quiet I never got a word out of her all week, even in Spanish :)
This is the Kindergarten class while they paint!
I (left) am teaching the Kindergarten class about drawing a tree on their black construction paper.
The children show off their pictures!
I choose to do a project I did with the children in Nashville a few months ago. The idea is a sunset painted with watercolor and a tree silhouetted in the foreground. The children first painted the sunset and, while it dried, cut out a tree from black construction paper to glue on their sunset. They made beautiful trees of all shapes and sizes!
This is Steve and Brooke (my helpers) with Michele, Jonathan, José, and Karla. One of the blessings God gave us is that these children ate lunch at the same time and place we did so I sat with them Monday through Wednesday. There was always a free seat beside Michele (far left) and we soon became good friends. (although we had just met at the time I took this photo and she didn't want her photo taken....and I don't think she knew her work of art was upsidedown!)
While this was a bilingual school the children were all shy about using their English. They all understood the instructions we gave in English but if we asked them more than a yes or no question (which they would only nod or shake their head in response) they would only give you a blank stare. Therefore, I was able to use the Spanish I learned earlier in high school in order to get a reply.
This is me and Nelly a sweet 5 year old that I met two years ago, the last time I was in Honduras. I had played Pato, Pato, Ganso (Duck, Duck, Goose) and taken pictures with her for about an hour but never learned her name. I recognized her immediately (though she didn't recognize me) and enjoyed the reunion.
This is Tori and Genesis, painting the sunset. Tori also helped on Wednesday and worked with Genesis. Genesis so loved Tori that she gave her a wallet that her mom had made as a present, thanking Tori for helping her with art!
My mom and Cynthia. Cynthia was so quiet I never got a word out of her all week, even in Spanish :)
This is the Kindergarten class while they paint!
I (left) am teaching the Kindergarten class about drawing a tree on their black construction paper.
The children show off their pictures!Art in Honduras
The second part of my Gold Award was to teach art to about 45 students that go to a small bi-lingual school in Honduras. This school, La Providencia Academia, has five teachers and three classes (Pre-K thourgh 1st grade). The children enrolled in the school are from the community of Aguas Del Padre and their parents volunteer on the site so that their children can go to this school. For more information about Providence and the ministry to orphans in Honduras please see the website: http://providenceworldministries.org/.
Due to the larger class size (compared to amount of teachers) these children haven't been able to do many messy art projects. August 1st through 7th my family and about 20 other Nashvillians traveled to Honduras to do mission work. And on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of last week I, with 6 or 7 helpers, taught various preplanned projects to them. I spent about an hour with each class (of about 15 students) every day. Pictures and specifics to come.
Due to the larger class size (compared to amount of teachers) these children haven't been able to do many messy art projects. August 1st through 7th my family and about 20 other Nashvillians traveled to Honduras to do mission work. And on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of last week I, with 6 or 7 helpers, taught various preplanned projects to them. I spent about an hour with each class (of about 15 students) every day. Pictures and specifics to come.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Week 5: Last day with these sweet kids
July 8th was the last day I taught the Napier children. I'm thankful for the time I was able to spend with them but sad to leave. The last projects we did were scrapbooking photos taken throughout the camp, making potato stamps, and finger painting. They had a lot of fun being messy! Here's some photos:
Hannah scrapbooking with Roy
Isabella helping!
Alydia assisting Montrel in cutting some paper
My mom and Charise
This is me teaching the children how to make and use the potato stamps
Tori shows off Alexis' potato
Cutting out the stamp!
They all wanted to give me a hug goodbye and I fell over in the process. It was a sad but sweet moment, knowing I had to leave but they had enjoyed learning how to be creative so much they didn't want me to leave.
Hannah scrapbooking with Roy
Isabella helping!
Alydia assisting Montrel in cutting some paper
My mom and Charise
This is me teaching the children how to make and use the potato stamps
Tori shows off Alexis' potato
Cutting out the stamp!
They all wanted to give me a hug goodbye and I fell over in the process. It was a sad but sweet moment, knowing I had to leave but they had enjoyed learning how to be creative so much they didn't want me to leave.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Week 4: Handprints and Tin Foil
On July 1st 2010 the children attending the Peace Camp at the Napier Learning Center made a peace relief with tin foil. Using recycled cardboard, the kids used glue and yarn to make a peace sign. After drying they covered the cardboard with tin foil and colored over it.
Step 1: Yarn and Glue in the shape of a peace sign
Tori, helping!
Step 2: Cover it with tin foil and color it!
This is Alexis and her peace tin foilLater we were learning how to paint with real, dry sponges. my very artistic dad taught this part so he asked all the kids: "did you know these sponges used to be alive?"
"Really???" some replied.
"Yes, they were animals. Does anyone know where they lived?"
(silence)
"Well, where does spongebob live?"
and Alexis says: "IN A PINEAPPLE!!!"
"........(that's under water....)" my dad corrects :)
(silence)
"Well, where does spongebob live?"
and Alexis says: "IN A PINEAPPLE!!!"
"........(that's under water....)" my dad corrects :)
The other project the children enjoyed on July 1st was sponge painting a white garden tile red. Once dry, they painted their hand blue and stamped it onto the tile. Here are some of the kids with their completed tile:
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