Exploring other Cultures: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas -Wampum (Bead Projects)

Wampum (Bead Projects) (Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for elementary school and middle school. Vocabulary: Pattern, repetition, jewelry making Materials:Plastic containers, fishing line, plastic tubing and scissors. Directions: Read http://www.nativetech.org/wampum/wamphist.htm Shell beads in the Northeast have …

Exploring other Cultures: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas

Tent and Canoe Projects (Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Vocabulary: Pattern, pictographs, diorama, landscape, cone shape Materials: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Plains tribes pictograph handout or for woodland homes reference: http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/whiteb.html, …

Collage Art For Conversations around Food, Hoagie Project

Image by Wooden Trays Huge Hoagie or Monster Sandwich Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper), scrap paper, construction paper, glue, markers, scissors, paper plates and napkins …

Collage Art For Conversations around Food, Ice Cream Cone Project

Ice cream Cone Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing that is age appropriate for preschool through elementary school.   Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, all over pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper work well, too), scrap construction …

Collage Art For Conversations Around Food, Pizza Project

Pizza Project Collages: A group project that inspires team building. Age appropriate for preschool through elementary school.  Project Ideas: responsibility, health, non traditional materials, interpersonal, team building Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Large brown paper (large paper bags or butcher paper), scrap construction …

Meet Candice!

Hey Everyone! My name is Candice, and I study painting, with a minor in drawing. I currently gravitate towards interiors and landscapes, but I still enjoy doing little figurative studies in pen from time to time. I make art because of the processes it involves. A work of art is …

Teaching in Chinatown

Off go the shoes! While I may have felt a little vulnerable at first, now I’m wondering why I don’t go barefoot everywhere. The Tzu Chi Foundation in Philadelphia’s Chinatown is slowly becoming home to us Art Sphere volunteer teachers. Each Sunday, we come out of the cold and are …

Harold and the Purple Crayon Bookmaking Project

Project Title: Harold and the purple crayon bookmaking project Description: Book making Author: Mary Hager Grade level or Target Age Range: Preschool  Vocabulary: imagination, problem solving Materials: Large construction paper, crayons. Anticipatory Set: Read Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Story line: The protagonist, Harold, is a curious …