I introduced the project to my students using a map and a world globe. I spent some time explaining to them about their country, Vietnam and my country, Australia.
I told them that I have some new friends, who are the same age as them and they live in a country called Finland. I told them the name of the class and the name of their school.
I told them that we are going to make a piece of art and then we are going to put it on an airplane to go to our friends in Finland and then we will also get some art from our friends in Finland! They were so excited!
Our first project was about imaginary friends. We discussed things that are real and things that are not real, that are in our heads. They are from our imagination. We spent some time describing our imaginary friends. Are they tall or short, big or small, do they have wings or maybe they can run very fast.
I showed them a puppet that I had made. And explained to them that we can make a puppet that is like the friends we can imagine!
I gave them a small paper bag each and a bunch of other paper and materials to create their puppets. And I left them to it!
I set up the camera and my laptop and I also involved them in the photo taking process. They loved it. A few of them made friends from their imaginations, others made characters that they love. We even have a minion, and an Incredible Hulk!
In the next few months we will be learning about our town. So I will take that opportunity to teach them about the post office when we send our artworks.
The children are so excited to receive their puppets from Finland!
We also look forward to our second project!!
Thanks a lot.
Love from Vietnam,
Steph, the puppies and the tiger cubs.
Below are pictures of the Puppies's Imagine Me puppet!
The 4 year old Puppies from Just Kids in Hanoi, Vietnam are making and sharing art with the artist Tigers at Your School in Espoo, Finland. The 4 year old Tigers at Just Kids is starting a new friendship with the K1 artists at International School of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland. Exciting!!
Below are pictures of the Tiger's Imagine Me puppet!
