My dear friend's husband is a graphic artist. He loves history and art. One day my friend was looking at Ryans school courses and she noticed Ryan was behind in Art. She shared that her husband loves art history and would glady teach Ryan. Her son, who also has Autism is Ryan's good friend ..so we decided to have a class for the boys together!
I can't tell you what an impact this had on Ryan ! Both Families together learning!!! He kept saying," SO INTERESTING LEARNING ... PLEASE CAN WE HAVE ART CLASS AGAIN. SO XTREMELY INTERESTING. RYAN LIKES ART. He made observation about the beautiful pictures Mr. X brought to share with us.. Ryan commented and his friend too on apects of the art they enjoyed. Ryan liked the use of warm colors... noticed the use of the multiple colors of yarn in the tapestry. ... But what was so interesting was as my friend's husband shared his passion for Art.. it created a energy where we all were becoming so interested in what we were learning... Together we learned, talked and discussed our thoughts on Renaissance Art!
I helped by RPMing it per say, for the boys, and bringing it to both boys based on their RPM experience level. It was thrilling. Paul my husband shared some interesting historical facts about the time period and then I asked Ryan.. so do you have any thoughts you want to share with Mr. X and he said.. I GUESS YOU ARE VERY CARING DAD. Well the room fell silent and at that moment I looked up at Mr. X and he was so taken back by Ryan's words..... his face turned red and he became speechless.. It was a great moment .. This was the best ..it was teaching from a person who had a passion about what he was sharing.. . and it so beautifully and simply done.
Thank you my friends for sharing your passion and all your effort you brought to our classroom .... Ryan ended by asking, CLASS VERY PLEASING CAN WE HAVE PLEASE MORE ART CLASSES. .. Ryan learned about, Royal Renaissance portraits, Tapestry, Brugels use of color and much more.. Wow.. what a interesting lesson!
