I had asked for the day off on Tuesday to have Logan’s art lesson.  One new volunteering mom and I are the docents for his class.  Last week I felt more nervous for Logan’s lesson than Connor’s as I wondered how it would be to teach older kids and I felt the need to lead since the other mom was new to this task.  Before the class, the mom and I had decided on the part we would be responsible for and I recruited two more moms to be there to help with the hands-on project.  We had to go in early on Tuesday since there were still lots of prep work needed to be done.  That mom and I had a chance to chat to get to know each other before the lesson began.  The teacher then brought the class in to the cafeteria and they sat down quietly.  I followed the same format as I always do with Art Vista.  The kids were very engaged and interactive while I showed them two paintings to discuss the terms they had learned throughout the years of Art Vistas.  The kids gave good answers; Logan had raised his hand too and I had called on him as well.  Next the other mom showed them how to make a wire sculpture.  The topic of the lesson was “action”, so the kids were encouraged to make their figures doing any motion they liked.  Most kids did well and jumped right in to make the figures; some needed help to get started.  Using a pencil to make the coils was a bit tricky for some; Logan needed my help to work on that.  All the moms went around helping out as needed.  At the end, there were many nice figures; I saw some sport figures and a boy asked me to help attach a lightsaber to the hands.  When I returned to Logan, I discovered that he had added cool hair and glasses to this guy; it was very cute.