Selfie Sculptures

Through an activity, Selfie Sculpture, students were able to recognize social and emotional characteristics and needs within themselves and represent them in a sculpture. These sculptures include color-coded shapes that represent learning preferences, stress reactions, intensities, strengths, and struggles. 

 Here is an example of what students were asked to reflect upon:

Social-emotional learning is very important for gifted students. Many gifted children need targeted assistance with peer relationships, perfectionism, asynchronous development, and situational stressors.

We also tried getting to know each other a little better with an activity called, I Connect. This is an activity where we told a story about something that has happened in our life, and if another student has a connection, they stand up and say, "I connect with that because..." and then the student continues a story about their life until another student stands up and says "I connect with that because..." We did this activity with the staff during our professional development this summer, and I decided to try it with our Idea Lab classes. We had fun hearing the stories and finding connections with our classmates.