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May31
Monthly Archives: May 2015
May24
Part IV: Sights and Sounds from the Pittsburgh Folk Festival 2015
May24
Part III: Sights and Sounds from the Pittsburgh Folk Festival 2015
May24
Part II: Sights and Sounds from the Pittsburgh Folk Festival 2015
May24
Part I: Sights and Sounds from the Pittsburgh Folk Festival 2015
May17
Our Imaginations! Yellow T-Shirt, Blue T-Shirt, Red T-Shirt
Read: In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli
Aunt Betty gives her nephew a new yellow shirt for his birthday.
“That’s no fun,” his best friend, Sam, declares.
But the birthday boy loves it and imagines himself transformed into a variety of yellow shapes and forms:
A yellow dick
A yellow lion
A yellow cab
A yellow caterpillar
A yellow daffodil
A yellow tropical fish
A yellow tennis ball
A yellow trumpet
A yellow canary
A yellow butterfly
A golden treasure hidden in a dark, dark attic
A yellow banana
A yellow submarine
A yellow and black fire fly
And a “smile of moon.”
Project:
Do you play soccer? Do you collect fire flies? Do you belong to a secret boys’ or girls’ club? Decorate a T-Shirt with a favorite shape or symbol.
Materials:
T-Shirt
Fabric paint
Fabric brushes
Fabric markers
Water and container for water
Fabric glue
Iron-on transfers
Iron-on patches
Additional Reading:
Boase, Petra. T-Shirt Fun
Gould, Deborah. Aaron’s Shirt
Wells, Rosemary. Max’s Dragon Shirt
Wollman, Jessica. Andrew’s Bright Blue T-Shirt
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May3
Our Imaginations! Part 1: A Tale of Two Umbrellas!
Blue, Green, and Chartreuse Umbrella
Read: The Umbrella by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert
A family dog finds a red umbrella on a windy day in the yard. When the dog opens up the umbrella, the wind carries them over the clouds and around the world. They go to Africa where the dog confronts elephants, alligators, hippos, zebras and storks; the oceans and their inhabitants; the tropics; the North Pole and finally, back home.
Project: Decorate an old umbrella and if you want to challenge yourself, give the design a theme: animals, fairies, sports, etc.
Materials:
An old umbrella
Glue
Beads
Markers
Sequins
Buttons
Silk flowers
Ribbons
Stencils
Paint in squeeze bottles
Stickers
Additional Reading:
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
The Umbrella Day by Nancy Evans
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
*Copyright Art work by Marion Constantinides 2015
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May3
Our Imaginations! Part 2: A Tale of Two Umbrellas!
Yellow Umbrella
Read: The Yellow Umbrella by Caitlin Dundon
A little boy and his mother are hurrying to school and work. It is a rainy day and they are almost late. The little boy spots a yellow “umbrellow” in the gutter. “Umbrella,” his mother corrects him and hurries him along.
A gust of wind blows his mother’s black umbrella inside out and it breaks.
When they reach his school, the little boy sees all kinds of umbrellas: red ones, blue ones, orange ones, umbrellas with polka dots and “shapes of all kinds.” There are “even ones with Mickey Mouses.” When his mother picks him up at the end of the school day, she has a surprise for him.
Project: Paint an old umbrella yellow (or any color you wish) and/or decorate it with dots or stripes or Mickey Mouses!
Materials:
An old umbrella
Glue
Beads
Markers
Sequins
Buttons
Silk flowers
Ribbons
Stencils
Paint in squeeze bottles
Stickers
Additional Reading:
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
The Umbrella Day by Nancy Evans
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
*Copyright Art work by Marion Constantinides 2015
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