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Teacher Observations:
- I have been “joining my students in an artists journey to
a place that I alone could not take them.”
- “Children have increased their vocabulary and enjoy the
interactive story telling.”
- “Rand was phenomenal!
He taught the children how to communicate through Mime and storytelling.”
- “The visual art medium is so effective for self
expression and positive therapy for children.”
- “After Mary visited, children continued to sing the songs
they learned from her.”
- “a lot of social interaction, new ways to express
themselves, good listening skills-directions, learning new vocabulary”
- “Aleta-teaching colors, fine motor activities, putting
shapes together, individually they were able to put their own way of doing it.”
- “They are also improving their language and literacy
skills in repeating the phrases and actions in the stories.
The artists also ask lots of questions to get the children thinking in different
ways about the story, or other things.”
- “They are showing growth in cognitive areas such as
seriation-what comes next in the story, and problem solving-what should the character in
the story do.”
- “Having Rand here helped many of them become comfortable
with different voices and movements.”
- “One of the criterion for language is the ability to
retell a story, including many of the details and draws connections between story events. The children demonstrated a marked improvement in
this area.”
- “The children’s language skills are improving as
they are encouraged to answer questions and repeat familiar phrases and actions in the
stories.”
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