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Visual symbols speak
Visual symbols are everywhere, helping us find what we need, identify locations and communicate with others without relying on words. In this activity, children aged 12-14 will learn about the power of simple images by using shapes and...
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Parks and playgrounds
"Children are the designers of the future. Parks and public spaces give everyone opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will observe how people use public spaces, Then design parks and playgrounds that...
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Let's Look and Sketch
Observing helps us connect what we see to what we know and want to know. In this activity, you’ll make sketches to learn about the patterns, shapes, colors and lines we see in nature.
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Let's See Your Thinking
By inviting us to think in new ways, and see how different ideas are connected, idea webs help us build brain power!
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Let's Be Creative
Art is a great way to share your thoughts and feelings with others – but how does someone be creative? By following four steps: create, present, respond, and connect!
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Draw a code
Ancient people drew symbols on cave walls to tell stories. Today, visual communication is everywhere.
Children build their storytelling skills by exploring how other writer-artists work. In this activity, children aged 12-14 will create...
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Transportation game
"When children make the games they play, they connect ideas about people and places. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will design a Transportation Game. The game involves transporting products to the relevant destination. In this way,...
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Weather or not game
"Families need to be ready for whatever weather is coming and to help children prepare for the unexpected. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design and play a game that helps them explore different types of weather. When children...
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How Can Details Energize Stories?
When you look and listen carefully, details inform what you see and hear. In this activity, you will write a story using adjectives and adverbs, then create an illustration that shows what happened next.
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Colorful days
Looking at illustrations before reading the words in picture books helps children see that there are many different ways of telling stories. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will look at the pictures in a book, then retell the story...
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Let's Build Stories
Whether we start with a personal experience or by looking at art, when we ask questions, we build stories. Your imagination helps bring the characters, setting and plot to life.
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Look around
"Observing and describing are important 21st century skills. Children compare things in the STEAM fields of science, technology, engineering, art and math. In this activity, children will make and play a “What Do I See?” game, then...
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Dream car
"From self-driving cars to amphibian roadsters, vehicles are evolving to meet human needs. Design Thinking involves taking other people’s ideas onboard. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will use the IDEA Design Thinking Process to...
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Gifts of kindness
Thinking about others helps us make caring decisions. Children learn about responsibility and kindness by focusing on what they can do to help others. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will sketch kindness gifts then wrap them in...
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Follow my code
Math and art are at the core of technology and digital communication. Computer programmers often have to debug or revise their code if it doesn’t work as planned. In this activity, children aged 12-14 will create sculpted characters and...
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Let's Read Art
Using SEEK questions helps us to discover and learn about the world – and see art in new ways!
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The best of me
Sharing stories about ourselves deepens understanding of social and emotional skills that influence relationships with others. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create illustrations that show how they interact with others. Showing...
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Cause and Effect
Looking closely at art helps us imagine a story and predict how it could change. In this activity, you will use a piece of art as a story starter – then predict what could happen next.
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Let's Write With Intention
When authors and artists make art, they intentionally make decision – and the Intentional Writing Framework can help you create art too!
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Math and me
When we use art to weave math into stories, we make it fun and memorable. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will use their imagination to create art that adds extra noses, eyes and maybe even animal features to people. Children will...
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Make stories shine
The art that children create can inspire them to tell amazing stories. By creating their own stories, children begin to understand characters, themes and settings. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design a new story around an...
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If I was there
"How do authors and illustrators weave information that they know into stories? Stories that are personally relevant help children understand the difference between fact and fiction. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create...
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Steps to success
"Making visual connections between the present and the future helps to open gateways and expand possibilities. Futurists predict that the majority of students will work in jobs that do not even exist today. In this activity, children...
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Math path
Art helps kids understand math ideas as they observe, talk about and sketch what they see. When students connect what they are learning in school to art experiences at home, it deepens understanding. In this activity, children aged 8-11...