After having looked on the world map where Michigan is located, the first invitation for the kids has been to find ways to make ourselves known. With the 2nd and 3rd grade groups in Seyðisfjörður we started from a dialogue around the question: HVAÐ ER SÉRSTAKT ÉG? / How am I special?
3rd Grade
I think we will make good friends!
2018, 3rd Grade, China, Dear You Art Workshops, Finland5 Comments
When I explained to the kids what the event meant and what to do, they were very positive and found out how many great pictures they had and asked friends to pick out the ones they like.
Next, the kids told stories about the photos. Then, the kids talked about their photos one after one. They made self-introductions and wrote them down, they expect to be new friends with the kids in Finland.
King regards,
Teacher Lisa and Miss Wu Juehua
The artists in Grade 3 (9-10 years old) at Taizhou Pheonix Primary School in Jiangsu, China are making and sharing art with the artists at Linguajoy (7-9 years old) in Helsinki, Finland.
The friends in China and the UK are "Hand in Hand"
2017, 3rd Grade, China, Dear You Art Workshops, United KingdomComment
In this activity, the teacher first talked about the form of weaving. Then the teacher presented some pictures of weaving artworks, which made children understand it well. Next, teachers and children had a discussion on how to do weaving artworks. Children said there were two pieces of paper that were horizontal and vertical. They could be weaved with one press and one pick. The art teacher Miss Liu Chunjuan and her students demonstrated at the front of the classroom, and students worked in groups to make it out. Finally, the teacher encouraged the children to give a name of the book. Some students said, we want to express our friendship between the two schools, so he took the name of ‘ Hand in Hand’.
Best wishes,
Lisa
The artists in Grade 3 (9-10 years old) at Taizhou Pheonix Primary School in Jiangsu, China are making and sharing art with the artists in Class 4 (8-9 years old) at Sneinton C of E St Stephens Primary School in Nottingham, England Both groups are aged 8-9 years old.
Exploring and making with the artists in China!
2017, 3rd Grade, China, United Kingdom24 Comments
Hey! Dear You!
In order to understand the foreign pen pals well, the headteacher Miss Diao Yangyang led the students to visit the website of Sneinton C of E Primary School before doing the second project. They also visited the website of Dear You for the first time art works and creative process of the British children.
The children are very excited when they read the news. They had a lot of questions to ask their foreign friends, such as: What do they learn at school? How to have classes? Do they have homework? What do they usually eat for lunch? What animals are in their city?
After that, the children began to discuss in groups, thinking how to express their questions in art form. Some children thought to make greeting cards, hiding the question paper in them; some wanted to write down the questions with brush pens; some wanted to use the form of the combination of paper-cut and painting ; some chose to write the questions on the origami etc.
After discussing and defining their own artistic expression, the children came home and turned their problems into a piece of art with appropriate materials.
Best wishes,
Lisa
The artists in Grade 3 (9-10 years old) at Taizhou Pheonix Primary School in Jiangsu, China are making and sharing art with the artists in Class 4 (8-9 years old) at Sneinton C of E St Stephens Primary School in Nottingham, England Both groups are aged 8-9 years old.
Sharing our atmosphere!
3rd Grade, 2015, Dear You Art Workshops, Dear You Workshop Leader, Denmark, FinlandCommentOur shared atmosphere was fun to do, to connect and share!
First Viertola´s schools 3rd graders from Maija Pitko´s class were standing in their chairs eyes closed and imaging the atmosphere and landscape between Finland and Denmark and flying in their imaginary trip! Then they started painting landscapes and drawing all the important details from their "imaginary trip". I could almost hear the imaginary airplanes and under land diggers!
- Eliisa Sorvali
The 3rd Grade artists from Viertolan Koulu in, Vantaa, Finland are making and sharing art with the 3rd Grade artists from Korsholm Skole in Hinnerup, Denmark.
