In addition to many life skills, the kids at the Minnow program are learning about letters! This week’s letter was P, so today we focused on creating a “Pond”. Everyone started with a piece of blue construction paper. We discussed what a pond was, what sort of creatures live in …
No food says party quite like pizza! Today we will show you how to teach your young ones to combine the excitement of pizza with healthy choices! Be sure to watch our video tutorial so you can create your own healthy-pizza-art-party! This is a great project for any day, maybe …
My name is Sarah Gregory, and I am a newly established resident of Philadelphia from South Carolina. I recently graduated from Winthrop University with a degree in Drawing and Sculpture. I was very excited to discover Art Sphere Inc, because it seemed like exactly the opportunity that I was looking …
Today at the Minnow Program we worked on penguins made from paper hearts as part of their Valentine’s Day celebration! I made some examples to show the kids that they could make heart animals at home, even if they don’t have construction paper, or if case they prefer coloring! Because …
Groundhog Day! The old Pennsylvania German holiday every February 2nd that fosters hope and gathering in spite of the cold was celebrated again this year at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Art Sphere Inc. has connected with the refuge in Tinicum, right outside Philadelphia for years, inspiring children, parents, …
This week we did snowflake projects! There has been a lot of snow storms happening in the past month, so I decided to do a snow related project. The kids were very excited to do the first project with Q-tips. I thought it would take up the whole class. So …
This is my first week back with the preschoolers since Winter break. I have been so excited to come back with new and even more involved projects. For this class I wanted the kids to experience more than a classroom art project. My overall goal for the 10 weeks is for …
Project Title: Let it Snow! Description: Focusing in the cold weather and the different ways to look at snowflakes. Both projects give students a different perspective on snowflakes. One focuses on the negative spaces, positive spaces and the overall shape. While the other focuses on the details of the snowflake …
