By Yasmin, Raynan and the Iracambi Educators | Presenting Education through the Arts
Good morning, dear donors, and we hope you are doing well?
You may remember that, thanks to wonderful supporters like you, we have been able to branch out and create a new course focusing on educating through the arts. And we can't remember when we had so much fun!
In our last letter we told you about our module on water. Water representing movement, flexibility, free flowing emotions. This time we were looking at fire. Fire transforming something into something else. The element that warms us, give us light, protects us. In nature representing a seed turning into a seedling, flowering and fruiting. In our bodies representing energy.
We warm up by moving and feeling each part of our bodies with a constant flow of energy from our heartbeats to our restless brains. Then it's time to play, taking a simple object like a piece of cloth, transforming it into something else and passing it to another person. "This is not a piece of cloth, it's a flower." "This is not a piece of cloth, it's not a flower, it's a ball." And seeing how far the game will go!
In the second game two players are having a conversation, one speaking her native language and the other a makeup language. They are trying to understand one another through gestures ad body language, and then exchanging roles. And in the third game one player starts telling a story, and the other player interrupts saying either "Not true" or "Please explain" or "Tell me more." and the story teller has to adapt the story according to the command.
Story time, and it's a Native American story of how fire as born, and then students are given their assignment. Make a collage using natural elements - leaves, flowers, bark, stones, earth. See if you can represent fire.
And just look what beautiful images they made!
Thank you, dear donors for making it all possible, and we can´t wait to tell you about our final module!
with love and appreciation from Yasmin, Raynan and the Iracambi Educators
PS We are busy planning out the year's activities. Stay tuned!
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