The last day of spring session classes at Fishtown Recreation Center was exceptionally sweet: Miss Colleen, the lead teacher, decided to participate in “Rock Your Socks” for World Down Syndrome Day. I was asked to prepare a sock-themed art project.
I prepped the sock puppets by gluing on googly eyes. On the day of our final class, I instructed the students to design their puppets by coloring on them with markers. I encouraged the students to make them all different in order to celebrate diversity in our class.
Some students gave their puppets funny faces, or turned them into super heroes. The students had a lot of fun making the sock puppets, and they even gave theirpuppets names. It was important for me to have the students be engaged in the project and to have them understand that being different is a good thing. The project really allowed for them to show self-expression in their work.
I am proud to have taught such an amazing bunch of young minds.
