Project Title: Did the groundhog see his shadow Description: Paper bag groundhog puppet Author: Jedidah Groseclose Grade level or Target Age Range: Second Grade Materials: Brown paper bags with pre-glued eyes and nose, brown construction paper for paws, tail, and ears, pipe cleaners for whiskers, and glue sticks Anticipatory Set: Ask if the students …
At Towey, the students celebrated Chinese New Year and Groundhog day with their art projects. For Chinese New Year, this included the traditional red paper lanterns and cut-out pink pigs (since 2019 is the year of the pig). They also created groundhog puppets starting with brown paper bags and then …
At the Towey Recreation Center, students made Valentine’s Day Dalmatians for the upcoming holiday and created career maps. For the Dalmations, used their imaginations to draw the body before using black cutout ears and black hearts for the spots, and nose. This project really encouraged their creativity and artistic ability …
Project Title: Year of the Pig Description: Paper pig craft with Chinese characters Author: Jedidah Groseclose Grade level or Target Age Range: Second Grade Vocabulary: Chinese New Year- explain what this is and how it’s celebrated Materials: Large pink construction paper, crayons/ markers, scissors, glueAnticipatory Set: Explain what the pig means for the Chinese New …
Here at Penn Treaty, the students collectively created their very own cactus garden. These were made out of construction paper and decorated with markers. They created a variety of cacti, each in their own pot, and at the end combined them all together to create a fun and unique garden. …
We did something a little different with our older students at Southwark today. Instead of just doing a craft, we wanted to engage their creative writing side a little bit. We handed out pre-folded, handmade booklets and set a timer for five minutes. Their goal was to begin a few …
Today at Southwark, we only had the older class. We decided to challenge them a little bit with folding origami frogs. So far, this is the most excited they’ve been about our projects. We handed out pre-cut squares and went around to each table to demonstrate the folds. They caught …
Today at Southwark, we decorated pre-made 3D paper houses with both of our classes. While this was a simpler project, it gave us time to go around and ask the students some questions about home: What is the first thing you think of when you think of home? What does …
