As some of you know, I've been working at the library assisting Lynda Toney-Bahr (2003 CJEA graduate) in the COME READ WITH ME summer reading program, (which kicks off Monday morning). I've been helping her incorporate Creative Journal into the curriculum. Until now, it's all been fairly intangible and fragmented for me. One of my personal projects has been developing a large puzzle as part of one of the projects. Well, today we had our first day of staff training and the puzzle project was on the agenda. Lynda let me facilitate this project since I put so much effort into its creation. I read a picture book called "Crazy Hair Day" about a boy who mistook the schools 'crazy hair day' for 'picture day'... so he REALLY stood out. I then asked the participants to journal with their non-dominant hand about what made them unique, or about a particular experience that made them stand out. Then they drew, most with their non-dominant hands, whatever they felt like drawing (as a result of the journaling) on the puzzle, before assembling it.
Every child in COME READ WITH ME gets a journal to do the exercises in and write about whatever they feel like. The journals are stored in lock-boxes between the club dates. Below is the journal that Lynda and I created together.... I drew the illustration and she did everything else.
So, in short... HOW LUCKY AM I!
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