I know, I know. I have said before I don't like teaching that much because I'm shy but teaching in art workshops is fine and I enjoy it.

A few weeks ago, @spintwister was told by a client they wanted her to teach in an art workshop. Students are a combination of five kids and two adults, all at the same time. She was kind enough to invite me as her teaching assistant since she's definitely gonna need one. lol

The kids and adults have different lesson plans so they are separated even though it all happens in one room and in one same session.

@spintwister prepared all the lesson plans and she's the one who explained them all and my job is to make sure the kids are listening and doing the tasks. XD Then also assist the adults if they have questions with the tasks given to them.

How teaching kids are fun

Yeah yeah, it's common knowledge that teaching kid is fun in general, but I'll list down the things I love with teaching them.

There's always that one kid who sings

Yeah, there's this one kid there who sings random stuff. She even sang the national anthem a few times. LOL, I guess cos they were taught to memorize it and she just wants to sing it. Then one time she started singing "Subtraction cat" and next thing we know all the kids are singing it. :D

They may have a lot of questions but they aren't complicated

One of the things that I like is when they only ask simple questions and are easy to answer. Something like "Are we gonna color now?" or "Where's my pencil?". Unlike adults, they always ask the "Whys" which personally makes it quite hard to explain, well, sometimes.

There are also times where explaining to adults is easier because we are used to using words and we have to convert the word it so the kids would understand. Like, you can't tell the kids to "Hold the pencil like this so you'll be able to control the pressure of your hand when doing one-stroke shading" ... I did that once and I realized I was talking to a kid, so pretty sure the kid was like whuuut????

There's always that kid who draws extra

Kids stand out in different ways. They have their own personality because they don't have the anxiety to be socially accepted, I guess.

So, there's this one kid in class who will always add something more even though the instruction is to just draw a circle or a line. Like, she will add a duck, or fairy wings, to her drawings. She has her own ways and she wants to be creative on her own.

I would say that's a healthy thing for a student so as much as possible I try to let her draw but with limitations cos they are in a workshop, after all, so they still have to follow instructions somehow.

I do hope that creativity will continue to flow til adulthood though.

They will say random things

...and they are honest.

One kid there said "I like your shirt!" in the first session. Next week, she complimented @spintwister's makeup. Other kids also say honestly if they are bored or if they want to paint on canvas immediately, etc etc. Kids don't know how to lie and that's true.

Free snacks

Kids want to get what they want and if they are hungry, they won't care much if they are in class and will eat during the session (if they are allowed). In our case, we allow them as long as they enjoy the session.

During the giving of snacks, we are given free snacks as well. Not all get that, but in our case we do and we are thankful for it. :D

Their level of energy is contagious

Kids are always excited in a workshop because it's something they specifically enroll in (unless their parents just forced them). Their excitement with everything is always fun and seeing that excites us as well.

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They might be hard to teach sometimes but overall they are fun. You could even joke with them and they'll just laugh. Fun fun. :D

We still have 3 sessions to complete and we're looking forward to the next one!