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My instrument makes the sound of being brave. Laurel, PreK

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My instrument makes the sound of being brave. Laurel, PreK

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This instrument makes the sound like holding hands. Ava, KGN

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This instrument makes the sound like holding hands. Ava, KGN

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This instrument makes the sound of justice and stars at night.

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This instrument makes the sound of justice and stars at night.

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Chandler worked hard at painting and gluing MLK themed projects with Ms. McLean, but when the Sweet Honey and the Rock song entitled "Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed on Freedom " she was engaged and connected. Ms Bianca pulled put a tambourine and Chandler was thrilled. We all sang and felt the music together. The power of freedom songs made the most joyful responses!

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Looking at real images from different perspectives, then listening to the I Have a Dream book narrated by Dr. King ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30lwAymeYqA) really helped us understand the different emotions and feelings Dr. King may have been going through.

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 Becoming familiar with Dr Martin Luther King, Jr through drawing, coloring, and mark making.

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 Becoming familiar with Dr Martin Luther King, Jr through drawing, coloring, and mark making.

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Painting cylinders to be turned into shakers.

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Painting cylinders to be turned into shakers.

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The beautifully  illustrated I Have A Dream book was looked at many times.

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The beautifully  illustrated I Have A Dream book was looked at many times.

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CES enjoyed rotating between 3 centers that gave sensory experiences and connected to Martin Luther King with Ms McLean, Ms Liz, Ms Nicole, and Ms Chan-Lee.

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CES enjoyed rotating between 3 centers that gave sensory experiences and connected to Martin Luther King with Ms McLean, Ms Liz, Ms Nicole, and Ms Chan-Lee.

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Children played instruments to If I Had A Hammer with great joy and connection..

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This instrument sounds like Thank God! Thank God!We are free at last!

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This instrument sounds like Thank God! Thank God!We are free at last!

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Tori will continue Dr. Kings legacy by teaching about the importance of freedom for black people.

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Kennedy will continue Dr. Kings legacy by protesting for civil rights with her family.

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This instrument sounds like fighting with words not fighting with fists. Remi

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This instrument sounds like fighting with words not fighting with fists. Remi

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My instrument sounds like fighting for civil rights.

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My instrument sounds like fighting for civil rights.

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This instrument sounds like making things better and very very many fair.

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This instrument sounds like making things better and very very many fair.

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"My instrument makes the sound of standing up for Brown and Black people." Aliya

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"My instrument makes the sound of standing up for Brown and Black people." Aliya

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My instrument makes the sound of freedom for Black people.

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My instrument makes the sound of freedom for Black people.

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This instrument makes the sound of everyone being treated the same way.

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This instrument makes the sound of everyone being treated the same way.

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Ariel will continue Dr. Kings legacy by standing up against injustice.

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This instrument makes the sounf of "Yes I can!"

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This instrument makes the sounf of "Yes I can!"

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This instrument makes the sound everything being fair and using love.

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This instrument makes the sound everything being fair and using love.

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My instrument makes the sound of kindness.

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My instrument makes the sound of kindness.

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My instrument makes the sound like kindness to other people.

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My instrument makes the sound like kindness to other people.

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My instrument makes the sound of Black and White children going to school together.

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Dr MLK meant it! Black Lives Matter! -Clara

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My instrument makes thesound of liberty!

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My instrument makes the sound of freedom and dancing.

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Our journey landed on an ending question "What was Dr King's Dream?" and "do you think his dream came true?" 

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Our journey landed on an ending question "What was Dr King's Dream?" and "do you think his dream came true?" 

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Zoe in PK3 shared, "we can't fight over each other."
Mae in PreK shared "we still gotta keep working on the dream."
Charlie P. in 1st grade reminded us that "we all go to school together now"
David countered with, "Yeah, but it is still not fair for all people."

We closed with a simple photo shoot documenting this powerful project since we do not have proper display space. My hope is that you see the learning, skill development, comprehension, critical thinking, collaboration, envisioning, making, and joy in these thoughtfully invented and engineered symbols that ring out freedom, justice, Black Lives Matter, and lots of love.

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This week (and into next week), children listened (and will listen ) to me telling the story of how I protested in Washington, DC because there was no holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. when I was their age. I shared how I took a bus from Boston, and Stevie Wonder sang his Happy Birthday song. The song was on all the radio stations and this song helped make the idea spread. We played our instruments and sang along. We talked about being Art Activists and the power of the Arts to make change.

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This week (and into next week), children listened (and will listen ) to me telling the story of how I protested in Washington, DC because there was no holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. when I was their age. I shared how I took a bus from Boston, and Stevie Wonder sang his Happy Birthday song. The song was on all the radio stations and this song helped make the idea spread. We played our instruments and sang along. We talked about being Art Activists and the power of the Arts to make change.

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Ella, PK3 was so proud of her instrument, she held on to it even as she played!

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Ella, PK3 was so proud of her instrument, she held on to it even as she played!

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As the shelves filled with instruments, anticipation grew. Repairs were made. PK3 and PreK did observational drawings of their invented  instruments and KGN and 1st grade returned to their drawings to reflect on the process.

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As the shelves filled with instruments, anticipation grew. Repairs were made. PK3 and PreK did observational drawings of their invented  instruments and KGN and 1st grade returned to their drawings to reflect on the process.

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Figuring out how to make it a symbol of ringing out freedom, love, a dream, and more meant taking the time to make it look beautiful. It was also another challenge of the hands on making. Once again collaboration, conversation, and persisting continued when things just didn't go as planned . There was an incredible energy of engagement and agency, 

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Figuring out how to make it a symbol of ringing out freedom, love, a dream, and more meant taking the time to make it look beautiful. It was also another challenge of the hands on making. Once again collaboration, conversation, and persisting continued when things just didn't go as planned . There was an incredible energy of engagement and agency, 

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From a tube with a hole drilled and string of caps attached, to a fully created vision. 

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From a tube with a hole drilled and string of caps attached, to a fully created vision. 

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There was alot of fails and then solutions, more testing, helping hands, ideas from others...and persevering.

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The next creative process was creating their instrument by attaching the string of caps. They had to hammer, nail, drill, twist and engineer. It was hard.

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No matter the grade, we started out each Atelier session with children sharing something about MLK. As the weeks went by, their knowledge expanded through extended conversations with their classroom, French, Library, and their families. 

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No matter the grade, we started out each Atelier session with children sharing something about MLK. As the weeks went by, their knowledge expanded through extended conversations with their classroom, French, Library, and their families. 

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"He was a super hero." Garrett, PK3

"He was not afraid." Mia PK3

"Him powerful." Alice, PK3

"Well, he said he wants people to hold hands and not push." Mecca PK3

"My mom and dad got married, I saw the pictures. Their noses touched. Black parents and White parents can marry each other cause they want to marry, not cause they are White or Black."  Dahlia, PreK

"He doesn't fight people with arms. He fights by asking and saying, STOP DOING THAT." Bastian, PreK

"He never hurt people." Bohdi

"MLK wanted everyone to be in the green zone." Bishop, PreK

"He wanted everyone to be treated the same way." Jayce, KGN

"He helped White and Black people be together." Nia, KGN

"He wanted people to mae requests." Massimo, KGN

"He has a highway named after him." Ursula 1st grade

"He stood up for Black people" Callan, 1st grade

"If he wasn't born, all the Black people wouldn't have rights." Collins, 1st grade

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Making this string of sound was a lot of work. While children used tools we listened to "If I Had a Hammer" playlist. From Odetta, to Johnny Cash to Zydeco to the Blind Boys of Alabama. It was an opportunity to connect the power of music to spread messages of justice and bring people together.

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Making this string of sound was a lot of work. While children used tools we listened to "If I Had a Hammer" playlist. From Odetta, to Johnny Cash to Zydeco to the Blind Boys of Alabama. It was an opportunity to connect the power of music to spread messages of justice and bring people together.

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PK3 also listened to Martin Luther King speak while looking at the illustrated book. However their next step in the creative process was playing percussion instruments to the "If I Had a Hammer" playlist and then and then choosing paper plates, bowls, or cylinders to transform first using paint.

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Children had to learn to ask a friend to hold a spinning cap as they drilled, or help add pressure when they lacked the strength. Collaboration was so missed during virtual learning and for many children, this type of hands on collaborative making was a new experience filled with challenges and great exhilaration.

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Children had to learn to ask a friend to hold a spinning cap as they drilled, or help add pressure when they lacked the strength. Collaboration was so missed during virtual learning and for many children, this type of hands on collaborative making was a new experience filled with challenges and great exhilaration.

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It was ok if their invented instrument did not look like their final instrument. The act of imagining and sketching out what has not been seen before is important to dreaming up new possibilities. Also, this was their first experience using real tools independently. 

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It was ok if their invented instrument did not look like their final instrument. The act of imagining and sketching out what has not been seen before is important to dreaming up new possibilities. Also, this was their first experience using real tools independently. 

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The intentional use of "trash" connects to both previous land based learning and MLK's commitment to making the environment and communities healthy for all. By becoming aware of our consumption and waste, we are also engaging in service.
Children PreK-1st grade 1st learned to used a hammer and awl with metal caps and a drill for plastic caps.

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Kindergarten and 1st Grade envisioned and sketched their wildest ideas for an instrument that rings out Freedom.

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Kindergarten and 1st Grade envisioned and sketched their wildest ideas for an instrument that rings out Freedom.

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We may not be a speaker who can move thousands to stand up for justice... yet. However, we are able to create a better world each day through our actions. We are able to create art and music to make and inspire change. We are able to do service for others through every day life, even at SWS. After listening to Dr Martin Luther King speak with passion and love about freedom while looking at the illustrated I Have A Dream book (Kadir Nelson) , each child was prompted to design and create an Instrument that lets freedom ring, lets love ring, justice ring, and BLM ring! This means designing, learning tools, constructing, engineering, experimenting, recycling, persevering, imagining, and creating meaningful symbolic art. Of course we are also processing ideas about racism, antiracism, and hard history as we make. Pk3-1st grade are becoming art activists. We’re on this journey. Each week we go deeper into the complexity.

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Not all of the "rêves" related to those of MLK, but his example helps us realize that speaking up and out about topics important to us is empowering...

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Not all of the "rêves" related to those of MLK, but his example helps us realize that speaking up and out about topics important to us is empowering...