Happy Birthday Srimati Lalita-devi

This was quite a sweet literacy lesson. When we finished we gave the card to Lalita herself.

Earlier this week during a lesson with  Mr. R he started going on and on about how he hates drawing and how he was so bad at it.  When I saw how self-conscious he was about his drawing skills. I asked him why he thinks he is bad at drawing, his reply was that his friend tells him he can't draw right. He has an older friend who is a good artist and often tells Mr. R that the way he draws isn't right.

At that point we stopped our lesson and moved to the computer where we googled different works of art. We looked at how different images are be portrayed differently by different artists. That there was no right and wrong way and that effort can make a big difference.

It seemed to have worked as he put much more effort into this picture without complaining or putting his  artwork down. He drew Lalita independently while I cooked.