This year, I have volunteered to do the art lessons for both of the boys’ classes.  I took Friday morning off to be at Connor’s classroom for their first lesson.  Two moms and I are the art docents this year, and one of the moms was my partner last year.  On top of that, I had led the same lesson in Logan’s class two years ago, so I did not need to spend as much time preparing for it.  Our lesson started as soon as the school day began.  I did our introduction.  Then I reviewed the different “lines” and showed a famous painting for discussion  The other mom demonstrated the hands-on project.  The class listened well and was very engaged.  They followed instruction very well and kept the project going smoothly.  There was no hesitation, and everyone drew beautiful Halloween theme pictures on a Styrofoam square.  Later the kids came up to roll paint on their Styrofoam and make a print onto paper.  The teacher, the moms and I kept the kids coming up to the paint table slowly and the flow went smoothly.  The art work came out beautifully.  We, including the teacher, were very proud of how well the kids behaved and we certainly really enjoyed our first lesson.