In the Fourth Grade we have been studying the Human Figure, Our Bodies. Most recently, we have been studying the proportions of the human figure in order to make accurate representations of who and what we see around us everyday. Not only are we becoming more confident in our drawing skills throughout this process but we are beginning to pay attention to our own body, understanding that it is an important part of us and that if we want it to last we should take care of it. In order to say a real "Hello!" to our bodies we checked in with our bones!
Usually we associate the skeleton with death, something we also usually associate with feeling sad, or scared. In this case we wanted to look at our own skeleton, one we have with us all of the time, while we are very much ALIVE. We wanted to make sure we understood our skeleton as something that would yes, be what was left of us when we were dead, but as something that is a part of us now, as long as we are alive. In order to get to know our bones a little more, we stuck our fingers around our eye sockets to feel our skull and poked and shimmied our hips to get to know our pelvis...we danced , we wiggled, we BREATHED, and we felt all the nooks and crannies of something we never want to forget about, OUR BODY!
After we meditated on our mortality and completed our skeletons, in proportion of course.... Our only job was to decorate, celebrating our artwork and our bodies, nothing sad or scary about it :)
