Today was slightly chaotic. The challenge I had prepared for the kids at the start turned out to be not so enjoyable for them. And unfortunately I think it set the tone for the lesson. Near the end I felt a little stretched thin as many kids needed individual attention, either with their work or to regain focus. However the lesson still went according to plan and i believe everybody had fun and learned something.

Today’s lesson was on “observation”. To start the class I began with a challenge, rapid fire trying to copy famous paintings with crayons. For each painting the kids were given one minute. After that I introduced the main topic of today, painting still life. I had brought flowers and set them in the middle of the table for the kids to observe and paint. Half way through the class we done a movement break. After our break I tasked the kids with shading their work. Near the end of the class kids got distracted and I had trouble keeping their attention. To end we talked about our paintings as a group.

Really well, everyone was in a good mood including myself, we all had a lot of fun. It’s great to see the kids are improving at chess

Same like always, greeting and small expectations refresher. Play some chess, take a break to introduce the lesson of today aided by a video, then back to our second game where we switch partners. For conclusion, a small recap on the lesson of today.

Easy peasy no problem 👌

5 minutes silent free drawing at the start of the class while going over expectations. I introduced the topic of the lesson and we made drawing based on the topic. Half way through I did a movement break. We continued the lesson and to close we put all of our art together and talked briefly about it.

Super duper 👌 text book lesson

Today’s lesson was on “shading”. I started the class with a 5 minutes free paint. After that I introduced the lesson for today. I already had individual paper prepared for each kid with ways to practise shading. After that I let them decide a subject of their choice to paint and to shade. When class was over we put all our paintings together and the kids took turns guessing who painted what.

Easy peasy no problem. Small group of good kids who love playing chess. They are all very young tho and want a lot of attention, I am getting better at managing this :)

Same like normal :), small intro and refresher. Then we start our first game of chess. Half way through we take a break to answer any questions and then introduce the lesson of today aided with a small video and real examples on the chess board. For the second half of the class we switched partners. At the end we had a quick wrap up and goodbyes.

Great, very good kids who listened and enjoyed the class :)

Today I started the class with a 5 minute silent drawing. When this was done I introduced the kids to the topic of the day, with picture examples and a short video, we then done our first drawing. Half way through I done a movement break with the kids and then I introduced them to the second part of the class. We sat down for our final drawing but then we were interrupted as kids and teachers entered the room. Our class was stopped 15 minutes early, I’m not sure why. the time of this class was changed today to be 15 minutes later and maybe not everybody was aware which resulted in a little confusion. So I did not have a closing with the kids today.

Wonderful, I’ve been learning a lot through my observations of other teachers and I thought I’d try some new things today. The kids really enjoyed the lesson today and I was really happy to see it. They wished art class was 2 hours long 😅 and I got some heartfelt goodbyes at the end of the lesson.

Today for an opening I gave everybody the task to silent free paint for 10 minutes. This is something new I tried today and it worked really well. After free paint each kid took turns showing the painting and explaining. After this I explained the lesson of today (distance), showing examples and also explaining using a real life painting. We all started painting again. Today we did not have a movement break, the kids were very focused on the work and really wanted to continue painting.

Great. Everything went according to plan and the kids are really enjoying chess. However these kids are really young and they all want to sit next to me, play with me, and talk to me, and so it’s difficult to divide my attention, I’ll be prepared for this next week 😅

Chess class, like always, open with a quick refresher of some expectations and what we learned last week. Then we played our first game, half way through the class we take a break for me to answer any questions and introduce the lesson of today, we watched a short video and then I gave some useful insights. For our next game we switch partners and play until closing. For the end we do another refresher on the lesson of today and say our goodbyes

Perfect :) I really like teaching at this school. More and more kids have been joining each week. Class goes according to plan. The kids are fun and they all enjoy chess

Today was a chess class, all of the students are playing really well so today we learned some new skills. Beginning with a refresher on expectations and what we learned last week. We played our first game. Half way we took a break and I explained the lesson of today. We played or second game, then did a small wrap up before going home

Wonderful. Super fun and easy class, the kids are great fun. They love to make art, they are very funny and creative. Everything went according to plan and I really felt the kids learned something.

At the start we went over some classroom expectations and then we I explained the theme of today aided by pictures we then watched a short video and played a quick game based on our topic. We started our drawings while listening to calming music. Half way through we took a short movement break before finishing our drawings. At the end we gathered around and everybody got a turn to explain their art then we said our goodbyes