It was Halloween week, and we capitalized on the holiday fervor by challenging the children to create scary masks at the Lunchtime and Literacy session at Fishtown Community Library. We found a wonderfully apropos book titled Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas and began our meeting with …
L to R: Kristin, Ryan, Shayla, Meredith, Jedidah, Jade, Madison (not pictured: Alice) This week the ArtSphere office was getting into the Halloween spirit! With Kristin and Meredith hard at work on their administrative tasks, Jade and Shayla were working together on their Halloween handouts. Jedidah, Ryan, and Madison were …
Students at Cione Recreation Center explored the beautiful colors of outer space this week. We looked at photographs of outer space and discussed the variety of colors and abstract shapes. I then showed the kids the steps to make their own colorful deep space images using oil pastels. Just using …
Kids at the Fishtown Recreation Center listened to the story Mr. King’s Castle by Genevieve Cote. This story is about a lion King who wants to make a BIG castle and starts taking apart the land for his reconstruction. As he builds his new castle his animal friends start to …
Vincent van Gogh Farmhouse in Provence, 1888, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0 Halloween is here! Bats, Haunted houses, spooky ghosts, and Jack O’Lantern… Students were excited to learn about the ways to decorate their Halloween spirits. This week, students were divided into two groups: one focusing on painting …
The students were really excited about making their own hand puppets with Halloween right around the corner. I feel like this project was huge success because not only were the students engaged, but even the staff joined in on the fun and made their own puppets as well. Everyone’s puppet …
Lesson: Give your students a short introduction to reading music by teaching them about clefs. This can spark some interest in music and playing instruments, and being able to read music is a life-long skill! Age Group: This lesson is targeted towards elementary schoolers, but it’s never too late to …
