{"id":691,"date":"2013-11-02T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/02\/messy-art-class"},"modified":"2013-11-02T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T20:25:00","slug":"messy-art-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/11\/02\/messy-art-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Messy Art Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda requested further commentary on Jack&#8217;s Messy Art class.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a 4 session class offered at the Wheat Ridge rec center, for an hour each Friday.\u00a0 It was really strange the first time I dropped him off and left the building.\u00a0 It was the first time I&#8217;ve ever left him unattended, not counting babysitters or when I&#8217;m in the same building, like nursery at church.\u00a0 I double checked with the teacher, really?\u00a0 I can go?\u00a0 I can leave him here and go to Target or whatever?\u00a0 Sweeeeeeet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He seems to love the class and had no problem being left with strange kids and Coach Robin (who also does youth athletics, so she uses that moniker).\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10632025675\/\" title=\"IMG_8630 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_8630\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7347\/10632025675_f079f83975_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>Coach Robin puts the plan on the board each day, so parents can see what they did and cue conversation, since 3-4 year olds are not the best historians.\u00a0 Usually there&#8217;s a snack, one or two books, and three projects based on those books.\u00a0 This was last week&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10618278223\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3717\/10618278223_1fb7da2fb2_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the results:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10617998795\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2836\/10617998795_4ee8c1f11d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the messy part refers to finger paints, shaving cream, and other sloppy things.\u00a0 They have a rather simple and brilliant clean-up area.\u00a0 Just a big tub of mildly soapy water on the floor where the kids can dip and splash to wash off messes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next week is the last Friday art class, but also his first dance class on Wednesday.\u00a0 I admit, I&#8217;m super excited for that one.\u00a0 It&#8217;s at the Arvada Center, where I took classes in the years between college and nursing school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This image makes me giddy:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10618034376\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5507\/10618034376_ce5c2e32f8_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After donning the shoes he ran in circles around our house about 17 times.\u00a0 I&#8217;d say he&#8217;s excited too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda requested further commentary on Jack&#8217;s Messy Art class.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a 4 session class offered at the Wheat Ridge rec center, for an hour each Friday.\u00a0 It was really strange the first time I dropped him off and left the building.\u00a0 It was the first time I&#8217;ve ever left him unattended, not counting babysitters or 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