Family day was a wonderful idea of what doing a larger-scale lesson and event would look like for our future school days. It was fun to have to deal with the constant flow of children, nailing down a project, sending them on their way, and repeating. I think this undoubtedly connects with our big idea pages in our textbook because sometimes you don't have a lot of time to establish a connection to the art work you're leading kids in creating and its a challenge to know when to just create and how to establish connections in short periods. I kind of found a balance of having each child create their own big idea in their pot. A favorite connection of mine was the child abandoning the pot altogether and making a dinosaur. He gifted me his pot which was super sweet. 

This mirrored our experiences with our "study rooms" at Wellington where we had a very short amount of time but had to design and lead kids in activities that had purpose. 

In comparison with Family day, BRAINY allowed us way more movement and connections with the children. Even though our activities were the same, Family day was way more chaotic but in a good way and was very static at the same time. We had a set agenda and a list of steps that we would cycle through with each new child that stepped up to the table. That wasn't completely the case with BRAINY because you had so much more openness. You had to be ready to freestyle and adjust.

Overall, I learned how to be a leader through BRAINY and the family day activities and the importance of developing your background knowledge of whatever you choose to lead the children in. I also learned how to just let back and allow the children to create and establish a connection but not hinge on it!

This art piece is super fun to me. I actually took home all the random pots that were gifted to me by a few of the children throughout the family day. I let them dry and kept them as they were given to me. I then planted some cuttings and seeds in them and they sit by my window to symbolize the seeds of knowledge that were planted in me from these experiences:) Cliché yes...but I love them.