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Wendy O ((-:)
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Date Posted: 23:49:41 08/16/09 Sun
I have just completed my first assignment. I am really enjoying it! I am teaching, so watching things I'm learning about in reality; it is so interesting.
For art last week, my dyslexia girl,"Ann", aged 9, was 'listening' to class instructions. We all have a favourite colour. The children had discussed this, and made a class graph several days before. They were to draw a picture with the main subject being predominantly coloured in the favourite colour. The background could be any colour.
One child asked, "Can we do a boarder?" Answer, yes, that would be very neat.
"Ann" went off, and after about 5 minutes, obviously frustrated, came to ask me if I could help her rule up a border. I did that. About 5 minutes later, she returned. She'd spoilt her boarder by a felt pen where she didn't want it, she'd tried it on both sides, and the page was creased and scruffy.She was very frustrated, absolutely no picture at all at this stage.
I gave her a clean paper. She obviously was lost. I now realise the last comment she'd heard was the one about a border. I encouraged her to forget the border. I asked her if she wanted to draw a flower. We tried it on the board together. She did that. Came back for advice about the stem. Came back, my question: In the garden or a pot? She chose pot. Then she agreed a soft shaded background would be fine.
It was a very pleasing result. One task at a time!
WHY didn't we know about this YEARS ago???
I am teaching so differently now, although I have taught for decades. Never too old to learn! I'm loving this course.
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