Pottery Class 1 - Introduction to Hand-Building

My teaching style is calm and encouraging. I like to help learners to do their best and have fun, without making them feel pressured to do things perfectly.
In our first lesson, we will go over the basics of pottery. Using slides, we will look at a quick lesson on the history of clay and pots.
Following this, I will demonstrate how to make a pinch pot from a ball of clay. Following step-by-step photos as well as my demonstration, learners will be able to make their own pinch pot. I will explain that after allowing it to dry, we can use acrylic paint to decorate the pots.
In lesson two we will learn how to roll out clay to make a slab. We will look at slides of different objects that start out as slabs of clay. Then using step-by-step instructions we will roll out our own slabs. We will also learn how to add texture to our slabs. Learners will be given some ideas to choose from in order to build their own slab project, including a wall hanging and a heart-shaped trinket dish.
In our third lesson, we will learn how to roll coils and put them together to make a dish. We will look at slides to learn the score and slip method of joining pieces of clay. Using our previous knowledge we will make a cupcake-shaped dish with a pinch pot bottom and a coiled lid. 
In the final lesson of this series, we will finish painting our projects from previous lessons using acrylic paint and mod podge. We will also review all the techniques we have learned. Using our hand-building skills, each learner may choose their own unique project to work on this week.