Artful thinking for Children's Rights.

Artful Thinking

First grade, class 2 (A2) 15Îż Primary School of Evosmos 2013-2014

During the school year 2013-2014 , the pupils of A2 primary Class of our School and our partners in the eTwinning project "The same sun we share as friend" of the Integration Class, Primary School of Astypalaia and B2 Class of A’ Primary School of Engomi (K .A), utilized the Artful Thinking Palette to learn Children’s Rights and to spread our message to all the children of the world.

Artful Thinking was developed by the Harvard Graduate School of Education-Project Zero. It is a technique that integrates Art in teaching practice. Visual Art and music are used in the curriculum, aiming to enhance thinking and learning. The main tool is the Artful Thinking Palette with it’s 6 colors. Each color corresponds to a different thinking disposition.

In this book we present the way we worked on four paintings, which we associated to children’s Rights. After each painting follows the questionnaire and some indicative pupil’s answers and drawings.

The class teacher Maria Panoussiadou

Elaine Lanoue, Children at play

• What do you see?

I see three children, one with a ponytail and hats and one of them is holding a bag.

I see three children. One is a girl with a braid, holding 3 roses. The other two children wear hats. One is holding a purse. • What do you think it’s happening; What makes you believe that?

I believe the children are playing because they are happy and they look like they hop.

I believe the children are dancing because they are holding hands, they have the same movement.

I think the children are dancing Zeimpekiko.

• What do you thing happened before?

They might have been in the countryside.

They could be have been thinking what to do next.

They could have been in a fairground attraction.

• What colors do you see? What emotion are you experiencing looking at those colors?

I see green, sky-blue, red, white, black, pink brown-beige. I feel joy, content.

I feel love and happiness.

I feel fun and joy.

• What title would you give to this painting?

Children dancing.

The happy children.

The three brothers and sister.

• With which Children’s Right do you associate this painting?

The right to have free time.

The right to entertainment.

• Imagine you are in the painting. What are you thinking about? How do you feel? What do you do?

If I was in the painting, I would dance.

If I was in the painting, I would play a board game.

I’m thinking I feel happy and I play.

If I was inside the painting, I would do a show.

W. Homer, The Country School

• What do you see?

I see children in a classroom, attending class.

I see a classroom with pupils.

I see a classroom with pupils and a teacher.

•What do you think it’s happening; What makes you believe that?

Children are poor because they don’t have shoes on.

The children are poor because some of them don’t wear shoes. Their teacher looks unhappy.

• What do you thing happened before?

The teacher might scolded them very strictly.

The bell might rang and the teacher didn't permit them to go outside.

Maybe they study and they are bored.

Maybe they were playing in the schoolyard.

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What colors do you see? What emotion are you experiencing looking at those colors?

I see green and brown. I see also a little bit black, little bit red, little bit grey, little bit sky-blue. I feel sorrow because the colors are dark I see orange, green, sky –blue, black, a little bit red and a little bit of grey. I feel warmth.

I see black and brown, grey, black. I feel sad, because the colors are not happy.

I see green and brown and green. I also see a little bit of red, black, grey and sky-blue. I feel warmth because the colors remind me of the forest and the earth.

What title would you give to this painting?

A school for everyone.

The poor school.

The happy school.

With which Children’s Right do you associate this painting?

The right to Education.

The right to a clean environment.

The right to learn.

Imagine you are in the painting. What are you thinking about?

How do you feel? What do you do?

If I was inside the painting, I would be a good kid and I would be myself.

If I was inside the painting, I would write.

If I was in the picture I would do math.

If I was inside the painting, I would open a school. I would teach my pupils.

If I was inside the painting, I would think about play. I’d feel happy being with my friends. I would write on the board.

J. George Brown, Delivery Boy

• What do you see?

I see a boy carrying a basket with vegetables on a pavement covered with snow.

A boy carrying a basket.

• What do you think it’s happening; What makes you believe that?

I believe it’s a poor boy because he is working and with clothes are not winter clothes.

I believe the boy is sad because he is working and he’s not going to school and he doesn’t rest.

Working. Because he’s wearing an apron.

• What do you thing happened before?

He could be at the grocery store and his boss gave him the basket to deliver it.

Maybe he told his boss that he wants to go to school instead of working and his boss said “No”.

• What colors do you see? What emotion are you experiencing looking at those colors?

White color makes feel happy. The earthy colors make me feel warmth.

I see sad colors Brown, black, white. I feel sorrow, sadness.

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What title would you give to this painting?

The child is working.

The poor child.

The child is helping out.

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With which Children’s Right do you associate this painting?

The right to play.

I think it suits to the right to protection from exploitation and the right to family care.

The right to education.

The right to free time.

The right to health.

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Imagine you are in the painting. What are you thinking about? How do you feel? What do you do?

I wish it was summer so that I can stop working. I’d be sad because it’s winter and I’m cold.

If I was inside the painting I would be the kid and I’d think of my house.

I’d be sad and I’d try to rest.

I’d sit on the steps and I’d help the child and I’d take it inside the house.

I feel happy to be inside the painting and working.

I would feel sad, I would sit on the steps and think about school.

Xidias Nikolaos, Family Portrait

• What do you see?

I see a family where mom is way back.

I see three children, a mom and a dad.

I see a family. I see the child and it’s happy.

I see a mom and a dad. I see old clothes. I also see children.

• What do you think it’s happening; What makes you believe that?

I believe they are photographed because they look like real people but the are motionless.

I believe they are happy because their eyes are happy.

I believe they are happy because their eyes are somehow open.

I believe it’s a poor family because the colors are dark.

I see a family and a man. I believe I would be a mom.

Daddy and mommy had a quarrel because they sit away from each other.

• What do you thing happened before?

Maybe they just had dinner, they were hungry.

Before they might be working.

Mommy prepared food to eat.

Maybe they were preparing to take a picture.

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What colors do you see? What emotion are you experiencing looking at those colors?

I see white, black, red, yellow, green and salmon.

White makes me happy, red sad, black angry, grey sad.

I see white, a little bit of yellow, black and a little bit of orange. With white color I feel happy.

What title would you give to this painting?

Mommy with no rights.

Family visit.

The happy family.

The sad painting.

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With which Children’s Right do you associate this painting?

The right to have a family.

The right to have a home.

The right to be loved.

The right to have a mommy and a daddy.

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Imagine you are in the painting. What are you thinking about? How do you feel? What do you do?

I would pose.

I’d feel sad living in the old years. If I were inside the painting I would try to escape from the painting.

If I was inside the painting I would feel dad and I would work.

If I was inside the painting I ‘ d be the baby and I’d think about going for a walk.

I imagine I’m in the painting as the daughter. Watering flowers. I feel perfect.

If I was inside the painting I’d be quiet, feel love, thinking about sitting down and I’d be the mommy.

“ΤΟΝ ΙΔΙΟ ΗΛΙΟ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΦΙΛΟ THE SAME SUN WE SHARE AS FRIEND” Α2, 15ο Δ/Σ Ευόσμου, 2013-2014