Hunter and I watched a short claymation (clay animation) to introduce the concept. I taught Hunter that every second in a movie is actually 24 frames (stills). Then Hunter started working with the clay to make a figure. I taught him how to set up the tripod and attach the camcorder and set the mode to photography. I let him come up with the action for the claymation step by step as we took pictures. Then we uploaded the images to the computer, edited the clips, and added sound. When the short movie was finished, Hunter took a lot of pride in showing it to everybody he could grab in the building. At the end of class, we spent some time watching more intricate and longer claymations and discussed how we could make his next project better.
I could tell Hunter really liked the project.