{"id":4352,"date":"2023-10-06T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/?p=4352"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:07:44","slug":"the-best-part-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/2023\/10\/06\/the-best-part-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Part of Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">This cross-curricular activity (art, writing, SEL) was inspired by the book &#8220;The Best Part of Me&#8221; by Wendy Ewald. In this book, an award-winning photographer asked several children &#8220;What is the best part of you?&#8221;, and presents their answers in sometimes funny, sometimes moving ways. The author takes striking black-and-white photographs of each child.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the book:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a6SGIDiSJk8?si=9HtjcLucI-UYarwC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students first chose and took photos of the part of them they like the best. Those black-and-white photos were printed. Then, students re-represented the photographs into sketches, only using pencil and sharpie. In addition to the art activity, students wrote about which body part they like the best and why.<\/p>\n<p>This activity also promotes a sense of self, and self -esteem!<\/p>\n<p>Here is our bulletin board:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4377 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2499-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2499-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2499-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2499-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2499-1-676x507.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4376 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2500-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2500-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2500-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_2500-1-676x901.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Big Ideas: Creative expression develops our unique identity and voice.<\/p>\n<p>First Peoples Principles of Learning: Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Curricular Competencies: Explore personal experience, community, and culture through arts activities.<\/p>\n<p>Content: Elements of design &#8211; line, shape, texture, colour<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cross-curricular activity (art, writing, SEL) was inspired by the book &#8220;The Best Part of Me&#8221; by Wendy Ewald. In this book, an award-winning photographer asked several children &#8220;What is the best part of you?&#8221;, and presents their answers in sometimes funny, sometimes moving ways. The author takes striking black-and-white photographs of each child. Here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,28,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4352"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4379,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352\/revisions\/4379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}