Olly took the lead with the second grade class this past Tuesday, and started with a group meditation. We brought some Buddhist prayer items purchased by Kristin. Olly sat everyone down in front of him and showed them how to meditate. The kids were a little unfocused, but this was …
Tuesday, March 26 was my last day in the classroom before switching to all office work with Art Sphere. As promised, I brought a Fortnight themed project for the kids: map making! I did some reading about Fortnight and learned that the terrain the kids play on is important. I …
Spring has sprung! On March 19, I brought a rabbit project to talk about the end of their hibernation and what the beginning of spring means, but the students immediately associated rabbits with Easter. That’s ok though! Easter is coming up soon. It was also the night before a full …
What I love about the middle school class is their willingness to dive into something new and challenging. We brought some instructions for complicated paper airplanes (some of them even I couldn’t figure out!). Olly gave a quick lesson on aerodynamics, and we gave each group four origami paper airplane …
On March 12, we came to the second grade class at Southwark with a lesson on St. Patrick’s day. We brought a new medium for the kids: paint sticks! We had two elements to incorporate: a cutout leprechaun hat and a cutout pot of gold. We started with the hat. …
On March 12, we brought a lesson on 3D paper construction and fashion design to the middle school class at Southwark. They’ve expressed interest in urban fashion in the past, and I’ve noticed that they really enjoy challenging, hands-on projects. With the help of some similar reference crafts, I designed …
Translation by Volunteer Gloria of a lesson written by Volunteer Candice Carroll Materiales: papel, lápices, plantillas para tarjetas y sobres, fotocopias, pegamento,tijeras, marcadores, sello de goma, cinta adhesiva doble cara, cinta espuma doble cara,recortes de papel decorativos, mensajes y citasInstrucciones: Tarjeta básica en blanco: Dobla un papel 8 ½” x …
Translation by Volunteer Gloria of a lesson by Volunteer Alysia Davis Título del proyecto: Cómo crear animales de arcilla y Dr. Seuss. También disponible en mandarín 黏土動物和 Dr. Seuss Descripción: Use el libro ¡Horton escucha a Quién! (Horton Hears a Who) para hablar sobre la apreciación de pequeños animales y …
