This week I have been volunteering at the Manchester Art Gallery with the family activity days. It has been very busy as it is half term so children are not in school. The activity for the day was 'Totem Tales'. The activity has been inspired by the Pilkington's ceramics in the 'Exporting Beauty: Pilkington's Pottery and Tiles' exhibition in the gallery.
The families were encouraged to make a totem pole together, similar to those in the exhibition. The children wrote down words that described them and shapes and animals that they saw in the exhibition. They then made their totem out of a piece of card and using strips of paper, built the face of their animals using strips of paper. No pencils were allowed, the children were asked to use paper as a pencil line, curling or rolling the paper to create the face of their animal. The totem poles were very creative and the families really enjoyed the activity. Parents or carers are encouraged to join in with the activity, create their own totem pole or work together with the children. The children tended to imitate or model the behaviour of their parents or carers. I enjoyed the volunteering I will be attending more sessions throughout the year.
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