For this week’s lesson, we wanted to do something that is more relaxing for the mind, so we had the students at Towey do portraits through various steps. First, we started off by lightly drawing an upside down oval shape for the head. While they were drawing the head, we …
Last Wednesday at the Cohocksink rec center, we had a very fun and colorful art class! Introduced the students to the famous dutch painter Vincent van Gogh! In the beginning of this lesson I asked the students if they were familiar with Van Gogh or any of his works, and …
Before I talk about the lesson, I just wanted to say that I love how the students at Penn Treaty designed the closet doors with their names and the inspiration words that they worked on last week. I think that they chose the perfect spot because each time you open …
Your Destination: Learn why we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on MLK Day and make a collaborative poster to commemorate his legacy. Travel Kit: I Have a Dream by Kadir Nelson large foam board or poster board, in a color light enough to write on plain white or manila …
As winter descends, we have begun growing a yoga garden at Fishtown Recreation Center. Each week, we begin class with a series of basic yoga poses, each pose named after a plant or animal found in a garden. We chose to use these familiar terms, rather than the official sanskrit …
Julie Shaffer is a new docent at Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. This is her second semester volunteering with Art Sphere. She loves yoga, post-modern fiction, and art history and wants to cultivate a love and appreciation of art in young children. At Fishtown Recreation Center this week, we kicked …
At the Fishtown Library Lunchtime Literacy session this week, we asked our young friends to suspend reality for the moment and enter the realm of imaginary and fantastical animals. Have you ever met an octicorn? We began by reading a delightfully humorous and touching book titled Hello, My Name is …
Which famous Philadelphian woman was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera? Marian Anderson! She was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and respectable, her mother was a former schoolteacher. Her father delivered ice and coal throughout the city. At the heart of their community stood the …
