Category: Mindfulness & Health

Collection Jars Objective: To have students showcase what they value through developing collaging skills and remembering acceptance. Materials: Pages from magazines (enough for the students to share), white pages with a jar drawn on them, scissors, glue, pencils, colored pencils, crayons Prep: Have enough white computer pages with a jar …

Book Lesson Objective: To recite a story with an important moral and have children either recreate this story or make a similar on that follow the same themes. Background: The story chosen for this lesson plan is Lowanu the wise woman. This story is about a village wise woman who …

Collage Art for Conversations around Food, Food Groups and Health Huge Hoagie or Monster Sandwich Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing and team building Pre-school through elementary school age appropriate Vocabulary: Basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, and rectangle), all over pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Manila paper (recycled …

Collage Art for Conversations around Food, Food Groups and Health Pizza Project Collages: A group project that inspires team building Pre-school through elementary school age appropriate Vocabulary: Basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, and rectangle), all over pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Large brown paper (large paper bags or butcher paper), …

Human Anatomy Sculpture Level: Middle School  Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin (1840-1917) and France Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: Clay, wire, wood, nails, armature, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, …