KNUST came to APTC

On Monday, March 9th Mariama and a fellow arts education lecture, and 29 Arts Education Masters and Doctoral students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology came to Agogo Presbyterian Training College. During their visit we showed them our TRC and examples of TLMs that our students had created. It was fun to see these students get so excited about everything. The students and teachers traveling with them snapped pictures left and right. Papa and Ma paid our visitors a visit at the TRC.

After our introductions Betsy and I talked about the benefits of using TLMs in the classroom and how using found materials is cheaper and environmentally friendly. Then we let this art students show us their stuff by stepping back and letting them form groups and create. They came up with so many amazing TLMs.


Another great use for water bags...a small bag!

The following groups created a pencil holder/flower holder out of a toliet paper roll and the lid of cheese.

I also thought this Styrofoam house was a hit.

And what about this Styrofoam duck with a liquid pump head.

The movie screen for counting used to be a raisin bran box. How cool.

Here we have Shape Man. Can you name all of the shapes?

The group presenting below has a nice 3-D poster with water bags holding the words to match the Styrofoam shapes.

Here we have movable toilet paper rolls to demonstrate the primary colors.

This bottle cap match primary colors to make secondary colors.

Below is a basketball net for throwing words into. If you don't make the basket you have to write a sentence with the word.

This group created an interactive color wheel.

The group below used bottle caps to help students identify their colors.

It was so much fun to see what new ideas for TLMs could be made from toilet paper rolls, boxes, water bottles, and water bags.

After class we went to Agogo’s finest restaurant, Dollar Days Inn. Here Marima treated ups to delicious fried rice on the three-story porch over looking our beautiful town. After lunch we set them on their way back home. It was a successful and fun visit.

On the 28th of March APTC is having a celebration for the students and Betsy and I are going to put together an exhibit of the TLMs created for a competition we are having. We have invited the KNUST students back and we hope they can make it!