On Tuesday our teaching team had a late night staff meeting which our centre owner had bought a kitten along too.
All the doors were shut so we just left it to explore, well as the night went on this kitten was suddenly nowhere to be seen.
Attempts to find the kitten proved fruitless and we all left, hoping it would show up in the morning.
Well it did, much to our children's delight, and having a kitten at school for the day is a fun sight indeed for a child.
Many requests were made to go and see the kitten, which was now in the office in a cat cage.
Here is the drawing that came out of this funny experience.
Below is Jan, we explained that the kitten belonged to her, the child that drew her combined her into a cat i think, she was adament that she did not want to draw the kitten as she was fearful of it.
below is the Kitten, which according to one child was snoring, (purring)
Below is another picture of all it's whiskers
Below is the remaining pictures drawn by a very enthusiastic bunch of artists there ages range from 3-4 years.
Thank you to the reader who told me to listen to Dr Sugata Mitra on Ted, and it really does go to show that if you offer the experiences at the heart of a child's interest as well as the resourses to go alongside the rest will follow.
From my own perspective as an artist you do not have the same level of confidence to try and draw something unless you get to experience it as a subject or a form in front of you.
A computer generated picture will not give you the same natural light, it will not give you the same way of searching for the best view, it is not 3D and does not offer as many possibilities.
To copy something is to close up all the possibilities, to use inspiration to recreate is a better opportunity.
I also think children have the ability to have vivid memories there to recall at there leisure, so as an adult if you leave your agenda behind and follow children's the result will amaze you.
Happy experiences
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