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. Immigrants have helped …
The last day of spring session classes at Fishtown Recreation Center was exceptionally sweet: Miss Colleen, the lead teacher, decided to participate in “Rock Your Socks” for World Down Syndrome Day. I was asked to prepare a sock-themed art project. I prepped the sock puppets by gluing on googly eyes. …
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 started 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. We did similar activities with …
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 classes at Cohocksink Rec Center: a new site for Art Sphere. We started the day doing some meditation to peaceful music. Meditation was a new concept to the children, and they were very curious to learn more about it. We then moved on to singing time …
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 …
