It was the last week before Easter, children are so excited for the treasure hunt and getting the spirit of Easter. Both of the classes at Cione and Cohocksink were centered around easter, specifically, we were teaching students how to make bunnies out of paper and markers. The students get …
Growing up in Philadelphia undoubtedly requires perseverance and grit — even more so as an immigrant. We admire and encourage the resilience it takes of all our students to live here, and especially to create art here. Without immigrants, our country would not be what it is. They’ve helped win …
The last day of classes during the spring session at Fishtown Recreation Center was exceptional sweet. Miss Colleen, the lead teacher, planned to participate with Rock your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day. I was asked to incorporate a sock themed art project to celebrate and help bring awareness to down syndrome to support one …
Image by Nadia Bitter Stoll from her website Deschdanja Grade Level Rational: This project is suitable for preschoolers because they can learn how to concentrate and spatial perception as they orient their paper. They also have the skills to listen to instructions and create the proper folds. Objectives: -Students will …
Last week we welcomed our new art teacher Nicha from Upenn to do more art with the children. We start the day with the preschoolers doing meditation. Most people were really into this activity and the teachers liked it because meditation help calm them down. In contrast to meditation, Tooty …
This week at Fishtown Rec & Cione Rec, we combined art & music by making our own shaker instruments! We filled recycled plastic bottles with beads, and gave them our own special decorative touches with construction paper, ribbon and markers. The shakers were unique to each student’s personal style. After …
Creating customized guitars at Cione Rec Center Lesson: This simple coloring activity helps students learn about the guitar and familiarizes them with the sounds a guitar makes. Age Group: Pre-school Materials: Crayons, scissors (with adult supervision), guitar handout Directions: Start 1 Start out with a little “pop quiz” to figure out which …
Last week we started at our new site at Cohocksink Rec Center. We started the day doing some meditation with inspiration of music. Everyone was interested and it was a new concept to them, so children were very curious to learn more about it. We then started the songs with …
