MUSEUM

On the last class, we went to a museum about women, to see and to work, different activities to practice with our students. 

First of all, I want to emphasize that the museum was very interesting because we could learn lot of things about psychiatry, and we could see all the gadgets and machines that they used. Some of that things impacted me, because its were really hard things to see.

All of the activities that we did, were very interesting, but the activity that I most liked, was the first one, in which one of them, had to describe a picture, without we saw it, and try that we were drawing it equally. It was so funny to see both pictures, and to compare them, because the majority of them wasn't looking alike in anything. 

Other activities that we learned to do with children, were, for example, to invent the previous story of some picture, I mind, the teacher, said us a picture, and we had to invent two more pictures before that about what could have happened before it. Other activity, fo example was to imitate a picture, in pairs, and the rest of the class had to guess it. 

In general was a really good afternoon, because we learned lot of thing about the museum and also lot of activities to do with our pupils, that I thing was very important because if you want to go to some museum with them, you have to prepare some activities to do because sometimes, they get bored on there. 

Apart from this, I have thought one activity to do with children in a museum. It is quiet easy.

All children are sitting on the ground, and one of them, go outside the room, and the rest of them, think about some picture. When the other one comes, he/she has to do some questions for guess the picture that the rest have thought, but the others, only can say yes or no to her/his questions.

DRAMA

On the last class, we were talking, first of all, about a famous book here: "A DOG OF FLANDERS", that is a story about Nello, and his dog Patrasche, in Antwerp, that finally have a sad ending. This was shocking for us, because we are used to hear stories with happy ending, and also the childs too, but we have to think that on the real live, not always everything has a happy ending, so i think that we have to teach it to our pupils, because is good that they know and understand the reality.

After that, we went outside to play some games. It was really funny for us, because normally, we don't do that thing at class. 
The main function of these games, was to introduce us, step by step to the drama. I think that it is a good idea, because normally, pupils have shame to act or to do something alone front of people, so if you start with some games, they can get carried more. 

In Spain, we have a typicall game for children, that is called "el pañuelo" (the handkerchief). For this game you have to divided into two groups, with the same number of people. The two groups are numbered, one by one, and placed in a horizontal row. Another person in the middle of these two groups, with a handkerchief in his hand, says a number, and the person in each group to have that number, must run to catch the handkerchief. the first one to catch it, must be leading to his team before the other caught him.

 

I think that is quite interesting and funny for children to play this kind of games, because not all in live is study and work hard at school. They have to enjoy on there and with these games they do it and also they learn to peer relationships and teamwork.