I poked around some online examples and tutorials. This snail was super cute and ended up being my inspiration! Can't get any cuter. And then this was a nice and straight-forward tutorial for making the spiral shell, which I stuck on top of the snail. He's a little lop-sided and one-eyed, and after all, that… Continue reading Making a snail in Blender
Tag: AnimationsWithKids
Quiet pause in the class
After some rough days, I just had one of the best lessons I conducted today at Wolf Meadow. This was with a group of kids whose lesson last week was a complete wash, mostly due to some miscalculations on my and my partner teacher's part. Well, we tried again this week, and it went so… Continue reading Quiet pause in the class
What the kids call me
I used to always just have all the kids call me 'Mejs', when I visit schools for 'Animations with Kids'. But then, the teacher I first worked with in the fall insisted on the kids calling me 'Dr. Hasan', plus she would always introduce me to the kids, or refer to me, as "my doctor… Continue reading What the kids call me
Animations with kids – my little readers
I have to take aside every student, one by one, and record with them. They read out-loud their little slip of paper on which is printed the words for their page of our animated story while I record (I just use the 'Voice' program that came installed on my laptop, is that lame? But it… Continue reading Animations with kids – my little readers
Animations with kids – paid in hugs
I get lots of hugs from second-graders these days. It's pretty nice. Sometimes when I show up in the class or the library, I get four or five little pairs of arms coming around my waist. Rarely, it's a bit of a manipulative gesture! It means, can you please pick me to animate with right… Continue reading Animations with kids – paid in hugs
Snail story – animations with kids
Did you read about "George, the loneliest snail"? It's a really sad story about the last of a tree snail species that died on January 1, 2019. I had two stories to write for my "Animations with Kids" project at Wolf Meadow. One I had thought of back in the fall. But I was stuck… Continue reading Snail story – animations with kids
Animations with kids – fifth graders
I've now started with Wolf Meadow Elementary. As with all the other schools, the teacher I"m partnering with is amazing, kind, and supportive. The only difference is now I'm working with fifth graders. I have worked with ages up to age 21, but that was in mixed-age groups put together in a library or at… Continue reading Animations with kids – fifth graders
Groups hugs, nose-pickers, and racism – the highs and lows of Animations with Kids
I've been teaching animation basics to the three classes at McAllister Elementary. I'm able to walk to the school - 30 minutes, each way, it's really nice. There's an ice cream shop on the way. And a new shop that sells baked goods and chips and sandwiches and stuff. When the last class came in… Continue reading Groups hugs, nose-pickers, and racism – the highs and lows of Animations with Kids
First viewing party – Butterfly story
It was really nice! The kids in the two classrooms said their movie was 'amazing', 'awesome', 'terrific', etc, etc. This was all in front of their parents. I was really happy with the number of parents who showed. In one of the classrooms, there were like 10! I got surveys from each and every one.… Continue reading First viewing party – Butterfly story
How to gently give kids feedback
Over at McAllister, we have already made the drawings for their animation project. That means we have about 45 illustrations floating around, from 3 second grade classes. We're doing the preliminaries before winter break, and then we'll do the animating afterwards.They're going to make two different stories in between them. On the first day of… Continue reading How to gently give kids feedback
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