# 3 continued Teach, Observe, Reflect

I have implemented the following images with two kindergarten groups and will video tape my control group tomorrow.  I was excited by their discussions especially because I have followed the VTS curriculum for 3 years and am pretty certain how kids respond to each image and these are new territory.
 The first image,

I was hoping that students would respond to the connection and relationship between the girl and the older female figure.  They did.  Students recognized the older woman as the grandma and the younger girl as a grand daughter.  "What do you see that makes you say she is this little girl's grandma?":  her gray hair and wrinkles.  I did think that kids would respond to facial features but since there is no facial interaction, they surprisingly responded to the feet...they were worried the little girl would step on glass since she didn't have shoes.  The rocking chair was spotted in both groups and brief statements about her reading a "magazine" or newspaper.  Students did comment on her hair and the little girl was "taking out her hair" or 'braiding her hair" noting each braid. 

We also discussed:

This image seemed to get students talking the most about the connection between the girl and the elephant.  Many students stated that the young girl was "sad"  because of the way she was looking down and leaning her head on her hand.  Several students thought because the elephant had so many wrinkles that it was old and going to die.  One student thought the background was reflections off the water.  I thought this was interesting because I know exactly what he was talking about and that most students identified the background as foliage.  I am so excited to continue this work.