Translation by Volunteer Gloria of a past blog post from Volunteer Pooja ¿Cómo podemos enseñarles a los niños a retener información de manera eficaz ysignificativa? Antes que nada, debemos tomar en consideración que los niños y niñasaprenden a ritmos diferentes. Cuando niña, por ejemplo, yo necesitaba más tiempopara aprender que …
What motivates you to continue the work that you do? Making the kids laugh, changing the kids’ attitude through art, inspiring curiosity, seeing and hearing children’s thoughts and feelings expressed. How does your work impact your community and those around you? Each of our teaching artists and musicians have their …
Preschoolers identify instruments used in music at Fishtown Recreation Center Happy Spring ASI Enthusiasts, Supporters and Volunteers! We believe the arts open doors to a bigger life so we invite you to open ours at room 502 for Bok Open Studios in the BOK Building on Saturday, April 6, 12-4pm. Meet our exciting …
Today I had the great pleasure of being a judge in the Duck Stamp Contest at John Heinz Natural Wildlife Refuge! I would first like to start with, if you have not visited this place, then you need to get over there now! The refuge itself is obviously beautiful, but …
Project Title: Paper Pizza! Materials: Construction paper Small cut-out bits of shapes of pizza toppings Glue Grade Level: Preschool Vocabulary: Vegetables, meats Demo Directions: Give kids one brown piece of paper, red piece of paper, and yellow piece of paper, and allow them to glue the base of their pizza …
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Project Title: Egg Drop (45 mins) Description: Students learn the basic science of air resistance, gravity, and impact Author: Olly Liu Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary and Middle School Materials: plastic bags, newspaper, eggs, straws, strings, bottles, cardboards, tapes, scissors Anticipatory Set: Talk about the …
Thursday was a rainy day, so we stayed inside and focused on meditation and movement with music. To start, Olly led the class in stretching and breathing exercises. This helped the everyone to focus. Next, we played a series of songs such as Baby Shark, Ring around the Rosy, Tooty …
Hi! My name is Merideth and I am so excited to join the Art Sphere team! I’ve always been passionate about the arts in Philadelphia, and I can’t wait to encourage growth and development in a younger generation through creativity. In my free time I like to make music, attend …
