Despite the news today that Hollywood’s The Lorax 3-D has cast Danny deVito as the main character, we carry on gleefully with clay, foam, paper, scissors, wool, wire, glue, cardboard, magnets, plasticine, computers, cameras, action! We are almost ready for our first scene… PAGE 1. And we are so grateful to have the help and consultation of animator, Erin Ross!
Here are some snaps from today:
Clowns Without Borders South Africa Sock Monkey Exercise!
“Sock Monkeys, an exercise which uses Symbolic Play to connect guardians and children”
Read more: CWBSA Sock Monkey Exercise
Here is Keith Lynn’s youth care worker Lenore’s sock monkey at work:
Here is Big G’s original passport photo (with “Miss Monkey”) taken before he left Canada in June 2010:
We left in a box on October 20, 2010. On our way to OPERATION SOCK MONKEY headquarters in Toronto!
Youth Care Worker, Auntie Lynn, donated these extraordinary sock monkeys she has made over the summer. It must have been so hard for her to part with them. We are extremely grateful for her donation and support of Operation Sock Monkey. These ones are on their way to South Africa after their passport shots are done! They are SO MARVELOUS!
Auntie Lynn also took unfinished "orphaned" sock monkeys home over the summer and finished them for us! Passport photos soon!
The monkeys in the photo above, finished by Auntie Lynn, and the ones below, made by various students and staff, are on the way their way to Operation Sock Monkey Headquarters in Toronto!
Alicia's prop (the Onceler's house for our stopmotion production of The Lorax
Ciera's frog!
Brittany's sock monkey!
Girls group 1 and 2, boys group, animation, photography (starts up Thursday), one on ones, groups, peer counseling, dialogue, coffee, tea, tears, laughter, music etc etc! Slowly but surely a groove is happening! Here are some samples from the last couple of days!
Amanda's first sock monkey!
Auntie Lynn's latest!
Maxx has discovered his medium!
Making pom poms for "The Lorax" trees!
Working on the Once-Ler's house from "The Lorax"
Jen, our resident English teacher, has made what must be the cutest damn sock hippo in existence. Come visit it in the art therapy room (when it’s not being carried around by Kat)!
Shannon's spectacular sock cat!
Other marvelous highlights:
Special guest "Eddy" spent Thursday and Friday in art therapy!
