Teachers Explore Playful Activities in Day 3 of the Summer Seminar
August 1st, 2012
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How can we make learning fun? By cultivating a playful spirit! And we certainly did just that in the third day of the Art & Language Arts Summer Seminar.
If you participated in today’s program, post a comment that describes one way that you can use play in your classroom to enhance student learning.
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- Today’s media exploration focused on sculpture. Teachers came up with all sorts of imaginative sculptures using wire and clay.
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- Teachers were encouraged to explore a variety of textures by using plastic utensils, straws, and modeling tools.
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- Try using coated wire to add a playful, textural element to clay sculptures.
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- Two teachers, two colorful bowls, two different ways!
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- When given the opportunity to use your imagination, a variety of subjects emerge–both living and man-made sculptures were created.
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- Our extraordinary and talented intern Iris Hu is to blame for all the fun teachers had while exploring clay.
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- And museum educator Theresa Sotto is to blame for making teachers read articles after making art.
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- Curator Charissa Bremer-David captivated teachers by describing the history of this magnificent bed.
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- Charissa demonstrates the swiveling action of a chair on which Marie Antoinette once sat while her servants fixed her hair.
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- It’s amazing to be able to peek inside desks we’re not allowed to touch. Thank you, Charissa!
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- Can you see the mark of the desk’s maker near Charissa’s right hand?
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- Charissa’s talk is both informative and entertaining, as evidenced by our huge smiles.
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- We gaze up at a chandelier that was designed to hold goldfish in its glass bowl.
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- Upper elementary teachers pause for a Kodak moment.
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- Graduate intern Elizabeth Osenbaugh leads a tour of the sculpture collection.
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- Teachers look closely at the textures that Bernini was able to render in this marble sculpture when he was only 19 years old.
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- This object is affectionately known internally as the “little pot.”
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- Museum educator Kelly Williams explains a writing activity that teachers can do with our decorative arts collection.
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- Teachers tell their partners about all the details they can find in a work of art.
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- Our period rooms are terrific places to go to transport students back in time.
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- Inspired by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Vexed Man, teachers created their own expressive heads thanks to the guidance of teaching artist Judy Blake.
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- Look at the fantastic details on that sculpture!
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- So much expression can be communicated in sculptures no taller than three inches.
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- The creativity of the teachers shine through in this “class picture.”
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- After working with sculpture, teachers were invited to create dream beds and place them in settings.
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- The playful nature of this activity is evident!
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- Who doesn’t want a feather bed?
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- Perhaps all beds should have feathers.
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- A bed fit for a queen.
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- A boat-shaped bed sets sail.
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