Here at Penn Treaty, the students learned about Earth Day and its significance. Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22, where people will be demonstrating their support for environmental protection. In honor of this, the students created nature related art. This included paper flowers, drawings of bunnies, pipe cleaner …
At Southwark, we created another color wheel test for the students. This time we introduced pointillism, which is an art style in which small, distinct dots of color that are applied in patterns to form an image. We showed how two colors of dots close together formed another color when …
This week at Towey, the students worked collectively to create a giant spring painting. When you think of spring, what do you think of? Butterflies? Flowers? Butterflies? All of the above? The students included all these in their painting, creating an awesome spring themed poster that we hung up the …
For today’s activity, we did a little more of a science experiment with both classes. The goal was to create a parachute and holder for an egg so that it wouldn’t break when we dropped them. We handed out paper bags for the parachute, strings and ribbons, egg carton pieces, …
Anthropocene refers to the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. We want our students to be aware and knowledgeable of the affect that we are having on the earth’s geology and ecosystems. After showing our classes some of the short clips …
To celebrate National Crayon Day on March 31st, students can read “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywait and construct a crayon character stick puppet. They can also write an original story about their favorite crayon color. This colorful project combines the students’ creative writing and visual art skills. …
Today at Penn Treaty, the students made kites out of paper, string, and sticks. After folding the paper around the sticks, they attached a string with a paper bow to the end. They all turned out amazing, and the students had a lot of fun doing more hands-on craft. The …
Today at Southward, our youth class reviewed the color wheel that we did a few weeks ago before we discussed light and dark colors. The students colored in another color wheel, but this time including light and dark. We also brought paint sticks and “people shaped” cutouts. On a blank …
