Paper Picker Press Day 2

Day 2 was fantastic. Emily has a wonderful presence with the children.
After some warm up exercises, we showed the children the book they would make, explaining various materials they could use. We then had them focus on two specific words: Sun/Rain, and had them write, draw and cut out a number of different objects that represented these words.
The next two words were Earth/Venus. Emily had them perform different games that required them to think about the different elements between these two planets. They then broke into two groups, each taking up one end of the room, and again used drawing techniques to describe these planets. In Venus we had them move, and write in ways that were different to Earth. When the groups switched up we had them move to the other side of the room as if they were transporting themselves to a different planet.

At the end of the class Emily then had them finish up with some other performance exercises.

Some areas we should think about:

• How to have a large group of children interact on pages of the same book.
• How much of the bookmaking should the children do. In Framingham they have more time to sit and focus on drawing and writing. For Chelsea we prepped the initial paper to be used for the book. We will also make the front and back of the book but have the children stitch it together and glue in their materials/work. This saves a lot of time and keeps the workshop focused more on the performance aspect that the Girls and Boys club wants.

Again! Great job Emily!

daVies