Art Adventure is a program through our local art museum. It's designed to give kids access to some pieces around a theme (Animals this year) that they haven't been exposed to. I signed up as a volunteer and today was my first presentation to Samantha's kindergarten class. It was more fun than I expected it to be! The kids all did well listening and talking. I thought they all did well participating and I didn't see too many kids fidgeting from boredom so I've got that going for me!
After "art time" was over, I took Samantha and 3 other boys to work on some math puzzles. These 4 kids are all readers and fairly advanced, so I volunteered to spend some time with them. Out of this group, Sam is the only girl and I found it fun to watch her in that dynamic. It was interesting to get to know her classmates today too. I hope to keep doing it, but we'll see about the frequency.
Side note: The teacher today asked me if I would tolerate some of the behavioral and listening issues the boys have. (Of course, I didn't see much of it today.) I know it's tempting fate to say it wouldn't bother me, but I think we will just see how it goes. Usually I can get other people's kids to listen to me, but we'll see.
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