It is always important to think about those special students that you may have in your classroom and plan accordingly to accommodate their needs. I have worked with special needs youth in the past and let me tell you they truly are special and wonderful people. Art can be a wonderful tool for them where they can make and escape from their disability and explore new things through creativity. I was a deaf person for this activity and this truly helped me realize how blessed I am to be healthy and hearing. Other people sitting at my table were blind and I could see their frustration and struggle doing even the simplest of tasks like cutting with scissors. Being deaf I could see what I was doing and was able to move accordingly but others could not so it became my job to help those who were blind. It was very tedious to go back and forth cutting wire and grabbing materials, I found myself getting a bit frustrated with those people. Because I was running around doing things I did not concentrate on my own project and felt that it didn't turn out so well because I was frustrated by the end and didn't want to try my best to work on it. After I realized that if these people were really blind should I have let myself get as frustrated and distracted as I did. Even though I do enjoy working with special needs children I don't think I am patient enough to work with them full time. But it is important to realize and know that I will have special kids in my future classroom. It is helpful to not just learn and know about them but really experience what it is like for them. This was a great activity and truly helped me think about and understand what these people go through everyday. I started my project with this awesome reindeer sculpture in mind. But because I got distracted too much from my project and became frustrated it turned out to be a swan. But the point of this activity was not to create a masterpiece sculpture it was the experience that mattered most and I came to a new realization.
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