Dorothy conducted a workshop with the Dads and kids group at the Fieldway Centre. There were 10 participants (4 fathers and 5 children) plus one of the centre workers. Dorothy asked the group what they most liked about the activity and received the following feedback:
- In various ways, the boys all said that they liked making the bugs best!
- David, father of the youngest boy aged 3, enjoyed making some very inventive bugs.
- Daniel, the centre worker said that it was great not be working with glitter and glue for a change and liked working with the pipe cleaners.
She also asked the group - What do you think about the final piece?
- The boys pointed out that their meadow had better bugs than the Mums meadow!
- The two eldest boys spontaneously thanked us for the workshop and Harry really enjoyed taking some group photos on our camera with Terry’s help.
- The Dads said that they thought that it had been a good morning. It was different to have a woman around especially at lunch time.
Dorothy’s own observations about the workshop included the following:
- The age range of the boys was unexpected! Daniel aged 3, Ediz aged 4, Harry aged 7, Kyle Ashley aged 8 . Kyle aged 9. There were no girls afterall.
- The two youngest confirmed my last observations about the response of young children to this project: They were curious about touching the dry and then wet fleece tops. With an adult to help, they did get involved in adding the water and soaping the felt and making the daisies. They were not at all interested in making bugs. But the 4 year old came back and made a daisies independently on his own after lunch and got involved in felting the whole piece.
- Kyle and Ashely, Daniel the centre worker and Dad David got really involved in making some inventive bugs, and wanted to take materials home to make more. Harry, aged 7, was involved socially with everything on but didn’t have the concentration /interest needed to make anything of his own. Three Dad’s stood by but did not participate.
Feedback to Dorothy for the future included the boys asking if we were coming again, and Kyle remembered the Shared Heritage session last summer
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