Learning that we ALL can dance!

I am completely surprised each and every January

at the growth of my Littles since September.

It is the most exciting time, because I get to experience the

twinkle in their eyes as they answer with confidence,

and the smiles of contentment as they accomplish something 

that they could not do alone earlier in the year.

This is the story of 'Giraffes Can't Dance"

I had the students work on these activities the first week 

back in school because they are the giraffes...

and I wanted them to know that they CAN

do things!   (HARD THINGS!)

One HARD thing that they can do now is write their thoughts

and ideas on their own.  

Yes, their spelling isn't perfect but...

tap dancing giraffes aren't perfect either!

The other HARD thing that they did that first week

back related to creating...

they used their ability to plan how the giraffe will look

as he danced,

and then drew what they saw in their mind's eye.

These giraffes are amazing!

You already have at home the final HARD, HARD

thing that the students did.  It took a full week, and we , as 

a class, did one step at a time...

painting

learning to fold the strips of paper

pasting

adding details like eyes and tail

adding the strings

attaching the strings to the sticks

until finally we all had dancing giraffes!

An early stage giraffe example...

Thank you to the lady at:

https://www.redtedart.com/story-art-great-start-giraffes-cant-dance/

who inspired our dancing giraffe marionettes!