the idea: ask kids to create their dream playground

For the past two years I have spent almost all of my time teaching for the Museum of Fine Arts.  Because of this, I have spent that time basing every lesson off of the museum’s collection.  This is, actually, quite helpful.  It gives you a place to start and a piece to reference.  It isn’t constricting because there is just so much stuff in the museum.

But during my internship, I’m doing things a little differently.  Instead of basing my projects off of an art piece, I am basing them off of a question.  For example, today’s was: “If you could build your dream playground, what would be in it?”  Questions like these give kids a sense of ownership and of choice, of having their ideas matter.  It also makes some pretty cool art pieces.