Day 1: we created 3d name tags so we could all get to know each others names. Check them out!:
Day 2: Students were given a visual poetry project. The idea was to read a poem and try and create a visual in their head from reading the poem, then translate that onto paper! This is definitely a way to use problem solving and figure out how to represent what you are envisioning. (One of the hardest things for an artist to do) I would say the kids did a great job. Here are a few examples:
Oh Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman