This week brought about the end of the school year, cleaning out
lockers and retrieving items from the kids' various schools, returning items to
said schools, and lots and lots of rain. Like a lot of rain. Every day. :(
Seriously though, this week was a refreshing break after all the
emotions of graduation from the week before, as well as the stress of Zoom
meetings and school assignments from the weeks prior to that. I
spent a lot of time reading (current read: “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand),
meal planning, time in my classroom organizing my lesson files, and preparing
for the 4K Art Show at my school.
Every year, the preschool holds an event called Family Day.
Families come and watch a performance put on by their child’s class and then
enjoy a reception. For the 4K students, this also includes an art show. We
spend almost the entire semester preparing for the art show. We study an artist
and either replicate one of their works or create our own piece based on their
style of work. This year, my class studied Dale Chihuly, Claude Monet, Jackson
Pollack, Georgia O’Keeffe, Vincent Van Gogh, and Andy Warhol.
Family Day is a lot of hard work on all of our parts not just
because of the time and energy spent in the art work, but also because we learn
a special song for our performance. When schools were closed due to COVID-19,
we were devastated; Family Day was scheduled for the following week, and
literally all of our hard work was for nothing. Everyone- teachers, family, students-
was so, so disappointed.
My director decided to hold the Art Show and to provide a sense of
closure for the year. After much thought, a plan was devised as to how we could
safely hold the Art Show. My class was assigned a specific day and each family signed
up for a 10 minute time slot. During that time, they could view the artwork,
take some pictures at a photo station, pick up a little gift from my assistant
and me, and retrieve all of their personal belongings that were left in the
classroom the day school was closed. It was wonderful to see all of my kids,
and so very special! The Art Show was not at all as I hoped it would be in
terms of normalcy, but this year’s version was still great! I am so thankful
the pandemic was not able to take it away.
I hope you enjoy the photos!
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