Reflections

In the beginning the children found objects, "beautiful stuff," which became a way for the children to change their creative thought into actual pieces of art.

The "beautiful stuff" helps the children communicate and learn. Looking at and talking about the childrens' work helps both teacher and student learn. Questions arise during conversations, like how and why the children made the work, at what point did they have an idea for their piece of art work and when did it change from a collection of materials to an actual idea.

During a reflection sharing period a childs' work is talked about, admired and analyzed. The children respond to a piece of work by listening well, commenting or questioning. The dialog between both the artist and audience is powerful.

Here a student explains his art work while others listen, observe and question.	Children are serious about their work and take pride in sharing it with others.
During sharing sessions or reflection, the child takes on the role of teacher while the teacher takes on the role of learner.
Children learn from one another and at times they collaborate to create one piece of work.