This is a simple, fun and exciting project for the kids and adults alike. A chance for those wondering mind of yours to take a trip of their own.
How it was done:
1. Children were first told to close their eyes. A mild music might help although I had silence as a trigger.
2. I slowly started to talk to them in low voice about a magical landscape that had just arrived at.
3. Children keep their eyes closed and are prompted to move around in their imaginary landscape.( younger the kids, the more fun they have in this.)
4. Gently I touch children in random and ask what color is the sky and what do they see for which he/she answers with eyes closed.(each come up with their own wonderful things.)
5. Children were prompted more to walk forward and see animals and trees and rivers and try to remember what color and shape they were.
6. Continue this exercise for about 5 minutes or until your kids are too excited to describe the land they just saw.
They are asked to gently open their eyes and immediately start draw and color what they saw just as how they saw.
We encourage not to use pencil for this. Let them go straight for crayons/pastels. The main objective is to stimulate the imagination and hence no pressure is made on them to correct on precision or perfection of images they saw.
Kids had fun. Though few complained of not able to make what exactly they saw, once I reassured him/her that they can always go to the same place in imagination and practice until they get better they were happy. Otherwise most kids just enjoyed.
After all, our prime motto is to ENJOY THE PROCESS RATHER THAN THE RESULT..
see you soon
How it was done:
1. Children were first told to close their eyes. A mild music might help although I had silence as a trigger.
2. I slowly started to talk to them in low voice about a magical landscape that had just arrived at.
3. Children keep their eyes closed and are prompted to move around in their imaginary landscape.( younger the kids, the more fun they have in this.)
4. Gently I touch children in random and ask what color is the sky and what do they see for which he/she answers with eyes closed.(each come up with their own wonderful things.)
5. Children were prompted more to walk forward and see animals and trees and rivers and try to remember what color and shape they were.
6. Continue this exercise for about 5 minutes or until your kids are too excited to describe the land they just saw.
They are asked to gently open their eyes and immediately start draw and color what they saw just as how they saw.
We encourage not to use pencil for this. Let them go straight for crayons/pastels. The main objective is to stimulate the imagination and hence no pressure is made on them to correct on precision or perfection of images they saw.
Kids had fun. Though few complained of not able to make what exactly they saw, once I reassured him/her that they can always go to the same place in imagination and practice until they get better they were happy. Otherwise most kids just enjoyed.
After all, our prime motto is to ENJOY THE PROCESS RATHER THAN THE RESULT..
see you soon
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