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This activity was focusing on using only primary colors and coloring geometric shapes. The students at Towey just learned the difference between organic shapes and a geometric shapes. An organic shape is anything that is formed naturally and a geometric shape is anything that is used in a mathematical format. …
Our dreams can sometimes send us messages that can get jumbled as we walk through our daily lives. This activity got the students to capture a dream that embodied who they want to be when they grew older. As fun as this activity was it also showed them how different …
Part I: Learning About the Elements of Shape and Space in Art At Fishtown Recreation Center this week, we embarked on a two-part formal art lesson focused on the elements of shape, space and color in art. For the first part, we worked closely with the students to help them …
Students at Cione Recreation Center are ready to go on tour after finishing their guitars this week. The students really went above and beyond to stylize their guitars. Using a combination of collage and hand drawing student’s designs included features like frets, a sound hole and tuning keys. As well …
I led our preschoolers at Fishtown Recreation Center through a new motion activity this week. For this routine I focused on teaching the kids the directional difference between left and right. Learning left from right is an important concept which preschoolers need to start understanding. Understanding these basic directions helps …
At Penn Treaty, we started off today’s lesson with giving each student a piece of water based clay and going into great detail on the history of how this material was being utilized. We talked about how clay is a form of a rock or a mud stone. Next, we …
Baking soda and vinegar cause a well known reaction, often used for volcanoes or explosive bottles. However, we experimented with these two ingredients a little bit differently at Southwark this week. We also wanted to have our students practice blending colors and creating gradients using the color wheel. To …
