What's included
1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
In this class, students will follow a series of simple steps to learn how to create their very own drawing of the beloved video game character Mario! We will start the class with a quick hello song to greet each learner by name before moving into a brief show and tell session to allow all students to share any items or stories related to the Mario universe. We will then use our pencils to complete a step-by-step drawing before adding more detail and coloring with any additional available art materials. We will take a moment at the end for each learner to share and discuss their artwork before wrapping up with a quick goodbye song. I value an emergent teaching style, in which I respond to student interests and preferences as much as possible during the course of each session. As such, the order and content of each activity may be modified to ensure that each young learner is as developmentally supported and intrinsically motivated as possible.
Learning Goals
-Students will practice their drawing, coloring, and writing skills as they create their artwork.
-Students will engage in active listening, turn-taking, and sharing in a group setting as they discuss their final products.
Other Details
Supply List
Students should come to class with the following items: -blank paper -pencil with eraser -any additional art supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.) are encouraged
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate
Master's Degree in Education from Wheelock College
I hold my MS in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College at Boston University, and I am professionally certified in Early Childhood, Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language, and Sheltered English Immersion in the state of Massachusetts. I have ten years of teaching experience at the early childhood level in a wide variety of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and neurologically diverse settings--lab, private, public, home-based, non-profit, co-op, and virtual--throughout the Greater Boston area.
As co-founder of the National SEED Project Emily Style so adeptly summarized in her 1988 essay "Curriculum as Window and Mirror", curriculum should function "both as window and as mirror, in order to reflect and reveal most accurately both a multicultural world and the student herself or himself". This means that it is intrinsically important for ALL educators--including those who may not be members of a marginalized group themselves--to expose every student, regardless of their personal identity markers, to a multiplicity of cultures and ways of being in the world. To ensure that I am up to this crucial task, I have continuously pursued and successfully completed the following graduate-level coursework related to multicultural, multilingual, inclusive, and antiracist instruction over the past seven years:
* Racial and Cultural Identities-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Effective Sheltered English Instruction: Second Language Acquisition-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Impact of Special Needs: Early Childhood-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Mathematical Learning for Diverse Learners-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$12
per classMeets once
35 min
Completed by 52 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-9
1-5 learners per class