I moved back.

I quit blogging and moved to Facebook for a few reasons . The main one was that no one was reading this. Jim does all The Clay Teacher Facebook, and it is easier for me if he does it. Facebook is great, but it does't give you much chance to really talk about what you are doing. A blog has more freedom. For whatever reason, people have been stopping in to read this blog, only to see that it isn't here anymore. So.... I have started again. A lot has happened since I last wrote. I am not sure where to start, but I will have material for the summer.

The video is done, well not actually done done. We are waiting for the glass masters and then printing. It should be done...done.... in a couple of weeks. Just in time for school to be out. The timing is not the best, but hey... we did it. It is the only thing like that out there. We are very excited to see how it will be received.

We had a wonderful year as The Clay Teacher. We worked with about 115 schools and 9,000 students. As it comes to an end, only three workshops left, I can't help but feel a little relieved. Like all teachers, we are glad to see June roll around. Also, like most teachers, we look forward to next year. This year was awesome, to use the language of most of the students we worked with. We call ourselves Mrs. and Mr. Clay, after we tell them our real names. Mrs Clay is name everyone remembers. We get almost rock star status when we have been to a school. It is really cool with the high fives and hugs. We have such a positive and rewarding job. We bring clay to the classroom, something everyone wants to work with, teach something everyone wants to learn in a simple way so everyone a project and is proud of their work. All the time they treat you like a rock star. Not a bad gig!

Today we go to St. Mathew's for the third year in a row with the same grade two teacher. It is a good feeling to have clients repeat like that. We went to one grade two teacher at Windsor Park three times this year alone. The kids are experts now. I hope to have them again next year and look forward giving them more and more advanced work. .... So do they....

That is what we want to do with the DVD series, make it so kids don't only get to use clay once or twice a year, but once or twice a week, or a month. Ideally "Every day is Clay Day!"

Until next time.

Cindy