introduction workshop

In our initial workshops we decided to start with very simple activities to enable us to get to know the kids and to get a feel of their abilities.

For one of our very first workshops we chose a very basic activity that would be both straightforward and fun for the kids but that would also compromise our very bad Spanglish!

We gave the children large pieces of paper in order to draw around themselves and to use as a template for the bases of a mythical character or a ‘monster’ they have created. It was a great chance to use a variety of material and see how imaginative the kids can be!

They really enjoyed drawing around each other and were creative in making their different monsters and inventing names and different gruesome characteristics to make each their own and unique.

The kids presented their work at the end of the session and it was great to see the pride they took in their work and how respectful they were when listening to one another. This is something that we would like to make more time to do in other workshops.