Since , I started working at Art Sphere Inc., I have learned different ways to create and make art. Observing how others make art, reading art lesson plans, working with artists, and seeing many samples of art has taught me how to make art myself. Art has become less difficult …
Week 4 with our Fishtown kiddos and we had the wonderful, Miss Grace come help us out! Littles – Fishtown Rec Center With the younger children, we created storybooks! We first discussed what we think of when they hear the word “story.” Answers included Books, Fairytales, Dragon, King, Queen, Reading, …
Week 4 had a new friend to teach us, Miss Grace! Littles – Cione Rec Center Miss Grace lead a discussion on line and different types of line. She went around the room asking the young ones to name different lines. As they named them, she would draw them on …
The last day of the southwark program was very bittersweet. We had seen tremendous improvement of the students not only creatively, but also in their ability to follow directions, social skills as well as improved hand-eye coordination. One particular student, who in the beginning exerted himself aggressively and loudly, was …
This week at Fishtown Recreation Center, we created our own versions of stained-glass windows. For inspiration, I shared some photos of real stained-glass windows as well as other students work from similar lesson plans. They were given construction paper (for a frame), aluminum foil (for the glass window), and a …
By the fourth week of the program, we were able to identify the teaching methods and behaviors that worked well with the kids. An example of this would be for the preschoolers, in order to get all of their undivided attention Kristin would need to be extra loud and use …
In order to follow up on the prior week of making caterpillars, we made the project about butterflies for the day! The kids were all excited about decorating their butterflies. To make sure we incorporated an educational lesson, we spelled out the words “butterfly, caterpillar, wings and antennas”. In addition, …
My name is Ashlyn and I am an assistant teacher at the Fishtown Recreation Center and Samuels Playground for ASI’s summer programs. Our lesson plan at Fishtown this week was to make our own version of stained glass windows! We gave our students pieces of aluminum foil, construction paper, and …
