My lunch bunch groups were talking about what makes us special and unique. Here is a recent lesson that I did with them that teaches about looking beyond our first glance and looking deeper.
To begin, I had students take a piece of paper and their favorite color marker. I asked them to them hold their marker just above the center of their paper and close their eyes. I then said “Go” and gave them about 5 seconds to scribble on their piece of paper before telling them to “Stop!”
When they were done, everyone held up their scribbles. The girls giggled as they looked at how “funny” or “ugly” some were.
Next I asked them to really look at their DRAWING and to turn it into a piece of art they would be proud of. I watched them as they rotated their scribbles and searched for something they saw in them.
Color was added, a few extra lines, and soon each one had a masterpiece.
When they were done, I asked them these questions:
- What did you think when I first asked you to turn your scribble into a piece of art?
- How difficult was it to look past the scribbles and find something special in what you had drawn?
- How are our scribbles like people?
- How are our masterpieces like us?
- What have we learned from this?
