Re: Can you get some styling heads?

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Why would it have a "racial undertone"? People (men and women) of all
races practice on heads in beauty school before moving up to
practicing on real people before earning their beauticians license.

Years ago when I taught in an all black school, I was the only white
teacher there. My students were fascinated with my hair. They all
thought I was old because it was "white" (it's blonde). They didn't
understand why it was straight. And, yes, I let them touch it. Not
ALL the time, but there were times. This was something outside of
their world that they had never experienced before.

I would encourage EmmyLou to get those beauty school heads and other
things for the kids to practice on though. And think about what other
areas of work/play the kids might enjoy doing to that reflect real
world experiences. Before this year I always had a workbench in my
classroom with real hand tools (I teach K, but moved to a smaller
room). Could you do this in your classroom too? Using a hammer is
great for eye-hand coordination, so is using a screwdriver! Maybe one
of your parnets could make you a workbench??

What about teaching the kids (boys and girls) how to crochet, knit or
sew?? That's always fun! Practical too. Wal-Mart has yarn on sale
all the time. Again, great eye-hand coordination skills, nice tactile
work, practical life skill, and very calming to do.

If your superintendent asks about it during your evaluation, you can
honestly tell him/her that you did some research, pondered on it some,
and then decided to provide the kids with other opportunities, which I
hope you will. :-) Good luck!

On 4/09/09, anon wrote:
> Without meaning too I'm sure, this has a bit of a racial undertone.

> On 4/07/09, Donna music/TN wrote:
>> Could you get some heads from a beauty school for them to practice
>> on? I'm guessing I know the population you teach, and there's a
>> lot of social interaction which goes on over hair in that group,
>> so the kids are playing out exactly what they see (and I do see it
>> being beneficial for them to have that unstructured, dramatic play
>> time even in 1st/2nd if you're allowed to do it), but I agree that
>> it's probably not a good idea for them to do so with your head, if
>> for not other reason that if you have to react quickly when a
>> child has a clump of your hair, it's gonna hurt!
>>

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