ASI Free Downloadable PDF Halloween Card and Envelope for Kids! On Monday, we celebrated Halloween at Shissler Recreation Center. The preschool students have a parade around the playground every year, and show up to the preschool in their costumes! They were very excited for the holiday with a pizza party …
Project Title: Dinosaur Rubbings Description: Children learn about dinosaurs and make dinosaur rubbings Author: LIza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to early elementary Historical Art Examples or References: “The Day of the Dinosaur” By Stan and Jan Berenstain Vocabulary: Extinct, Fossil, Dinosaur, Materials: rubbing plates, crayons, tape, and …
Project Titles: Butterflies, Oysters, Spider Webs Description: Children learn the color wheel when painting butterflies, oysters, and spider webs Author: Liza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to early elementary Historical Art Examples or References: Discussion on benefits of Oysters and facts of spiders Vocabulary: Antennas, yellow, green, blue, …
This week at Shissler Recreation Center, we made Koi fish windsocks! We took inspiration from when children at Fishtown Recration Center did this craft over the summer: Fishtown Rec Center – Making Japanese Koi Streamers For our windsocks, we started off talking about different types of fish, how we eat …
People have used and continue to use beads to make prayers, to relieve worries, to count, to decorate clothing, to spin cotton for clothing, to entertain as toys, to be an alternate to money, to express the identity of both the dead and the living and to meditate. So mundane, …
Project Title: Cat Picture Description: A picture with a cat, moon, and pumpkin Author: Liza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to early elementary Historical Art Examples or References: N/A Vocabulary: Moon, triangle, W, circle, half-circle, whiskers Materials: scissors, glue, construction paper, pastels Anticipatory set: What holiday is coming …
Project Title: Architecture Project Description: Students create a floor plan for their desired rooms and use different tools to learn perspective. Author: Francesca Grade level or Target Age Range: middle school and high school Historical Art Examples or References: Architectural Blueprints used for Princeton University. Materials: Graph paper, architecture rulers, pencils, …
Project Title: Skeletons Descriptions: Students put together paper bones of a skeleton to make a whole skeleton Author: Liza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to third grade Historical Art Examples or References: The human skeleton Vocabulary: Skull, bones, calcium, stomach Materials: Scissors, glue, construction paper Anticipatory Set: Discussion …
