A Journey in Teaching and Drawing
I have started preparations for the next week’s class related to the field experience of my internship. The goal is to identify the appearance and behavior of cows for the Science 1-2 class. The diversity of the class provides an opportunity to engage students in a hands-on and creative way. While still in the process of preparing my lesson plan, I came across some engaging activities to make the learning experience memorable.
One activity that stood out was getting students to create their own cows using paper plates. To add a practical touch, I plan to use rubber gloves for a simulated milking experience. However, before moving on to hands-on activities, I wanted to initiate a class discussion using a visually engaging image of a cow. Considering copyright concerns, I decided to draw my own representation.
Here’s where things get interesting: I have visual problems. Although I can vividly describe the features of a cow, I can’t visualize the images in my mind. Dr. Brice, from my ELNG class, mentioned a similar situation with her previous students last week. Many of my peers hadn’t known that. I am part of that group. When describing a cow, I rely solely on words; I can describe its tail, udder, and four legs, among other features. But I can’t see them when I close my eyes. Knowing my visual difficulties, I decided to try drawing a cow.
The instructor in the video played a crucial role in guiding me through the process, emphasizing the use of two circles for the body and a smaller one for the head.
As you see, I followed step by step. For someone like me who can’t conjure up mental images, this was a unique experience. However, my husband, with his keen eye, pointed out that my drawing didn’t align with his image history of a cow. After I completed my drawing, I showed him my drawing. He was surprised that I could draw it. Surely, the instructor in the video helped me a lot. Now you will see the completed one to compare.
The instructor explained and drew in 15 minutes, but of course, it took me more than one hour. But it is still mine. No worries about copyrights. :))
3 thoughts on “A Journey in Teaching and Drawing”
That is amazing, your drawing is really good. I was unaware that someone could have visual difficulties of this manner. That is something that you will have to continue to be creative about in your teaching for sure. Thanks for sharing your experience preparing your lesson and ideas, I enjoy hearing about it and cant wait for my turn!
Natural talent? The drawing looks unreal its great to see more people drawing. I love to draw and I sketch random images online. Im not the best at drawing but I am good and it took years for me to understand it fully and its amazing how fast you learned!
Hi Esin, what a great drawing! I am sure the students loved that you integrated art into your lesson plan. If you are ever looking for more step by step art videos that your students will enjoy, check out art hub for kids! They always have really creative pictures that students love!