Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: summer camp

Today was a lot better.
No falling off stools… no heads hitting the floor.. no allergic reactions…

After a slightly frantic start to the week, I “re-grouped” and came back today
with a new plan. Turning it into a “game” and making it appear “fun” while doing
a little strategic divide & conquer! Separating the class to their three work tables
based on yesterday’s “unholy alliances”… and they never saw it coming! Ha.

Yesterday during the morning class, between finishing our clay projects, the kids learned
about color theory and painted their own color wheels with just the three primary colors.
They learned about primary, secondary and tertiary colors… mixing them all along the way.
Today we continued painting as they each tackled their own individual still-life setting.
Strategically separated AND focused on their own projects! So much better.

As some of the morning campers stay with me for the afternoon session,
I need to keep them engaged with different projects all day. So the afternoon class
created color-themed collages – more fun with Mod Podge!
Still divided… still conquering!!!

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