We decided that we would split the class in two, because one activity is very energetic and full on (dancing in paint) where as the other one is more calm and chilled (colouring in and collage), so if all the children were doing it all together, it might have been harder to manage and it would've got more messy as there are more children with paint on their feet running around. We also decided to separate the two activities so that the dancing one was inside as it would be better for the children to hear the music from the computer and the other activity outside so that they didn't get distracted by the loud music and paint.
We set up the activity outside first so it didn't matter if the children had arrived or not because they wouldn't be distracted as we were outside setting up. We decided for the children to be able to choose what animal they could have by pinning up the images on the fence and the children could go up to them and choose which one they wanted.
We then met the children and started with their normal morning routine of saying good morning, saying the day of the week (Friday) as well as the colour and smell they associate Friday with (yellow and lemon). It was also one of the children's birthdays in our class so they all sung happy birthday to him and announced that they were going to have a party later in the day. Once they had done that me and Florrie quickly set up the dancing activity by taping A3 coloured sugar paper together to make a dance floor for them, we had to put a plastic sheet down on the floor first to prevent as much paint going on the floors and we position it in a certain place in the room so that it wasn't near the carpet as the children might have ran on to the carpet with paint on their feet. We prepared another one early for the next group as well for when it was time to change.
Me and Florrie had split up and she started with the dancing workshop first with 3 students and I went outside with the other 3 students. There were only 6 students in the class today as 2 were away. I got my students to choose which animal they wanted and then walked them over to the table with their choice. While we were doing this Florrie was in the other room with her students, however one of them had to use his hands as he has special knots in his shoes so that he couldn't take them off. By him using his hands it still allowed him to be part of the activity we just had to make an adaption.
This lasted around 7-10 minutes, we didn't completely stick to a specific timing as we wanted to just switch the groups when it was best and I found that it was better to lead the timing from the dancing activity as once they were finished we just changed over as even if they hadn't finished, they would still be able to carry on with it either after or another time.
I then took my group into the classroom, got them to take off their shoes and socks and put on an apron. We put on a playlist of songs and got the first child to choose the colour paint they wanted on their feet. We had to hold them while they put their feet in the trays of paint as it was a little bit slippery and we didn't want them to fall. The next child then chose a colour and then the next until they were all together dancing on the paper.
When we thought that it was time to finish, we got the children with the paint on their feet to sit down while one of the assistance washed their feet for them, otherwise they would be running around with all paint on their feet. Once they were all clean they sat back in their chairs in the circle and carried on listening to music while we cleaned up and put the work on the drying rack or outside to dry.
We then tidied everything up and got the children ready for their snack. I then photographed all of the work which they had produced, which we are planning to work with and potentially make something from them. Once we had done that we asked the teachers how they thought how it all went and if we were to do it again if they had any suggestions or criticism, general feedback of how they think it all went.
We then said our goodbyes and said thank you for letting us work with them.
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