Objective - Use Matt de la Peña's book Last Stop on Market Street to explore the world around you through your five senses, just like C.J and his grandma do on their journey to Market Street, and create an original artwork.
Created by educators and teaching artists, our self-paced videos incorporating literacy, creative movement, and artwork exploration are great for homeschool, classroom and eLearners alike.
Objective - Through the fun activity of "Freeze Frame Adventure," create living pictures and vibrant soundscapes that explore Evelyn's house, the park and meeting friendly neighbors from Meg Medina's Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out and divide into groups
(12 min. | up to 22 min. to complete teaching artist activity)Objective - After reading Mixed - A Colorful Story by Arree Chung, write your own unique rap by creating a steady beat and rhyme pattern.
Materials Needed - None
(24 min.)Objective - Let's reflect on the plot, characters, and themes of When We Were Alone through nine guided journaling prompts.
Materials Needed - Journaling paper and pencil
(23 min. | up to 33 min. to complete teaching artist activity)Objective - Yamile Saied Méndez’s Where Are You From? can help us explore all the things that make us who we are. Let’s design a table setting with our favorite foods from special occasions or holidays using the art alphabet (circles, dots & lines).
Materials Needed - Blank Paper, Coloring Utensils
(16 min. video | up to 45 min. to complete teaching artist activity)Objective - After reading Meg Medina's Mango, Abuela and Me, create your very own comic strip of your favorite part of the book featuring Mango, Abuela and Mia.
Materials Needed - Blank Paper (6 half sheets per student), Coloring Utensils, Instruction Sheet (if desired - click here)
(20 min. video | up to 45 min. to complete teaching artist activity)Objective - After viewing a VIP read-along of Grace Byers’ book I Am Enough: I Believe I Can, create a heart quilt filled with all the things that fill YOUR heart with joy.
Materials Needed - Blank Paper, Coloring Utensils.
(15 min. video | up to 45 min. to complete teaching artist activity)Objective - Through creative movement, learn to choreograph movements to different ideas and feelings in Supriya Kelkar’s book The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out.
(24 min.)Objective - Learn to choregraph movements to different ideas and feelings from Grace Byers book I Am Enough.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out
(18 min.)Objective - Through creative movement and mindfulness, explore our connection to nature with the art piece "A Mother's Embrace" from EOD's 2016 exhibit as inspiration.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out.
(11 min.)Objective - Through creative movement and mindfulness, shake it out with an uplifting dance sequence that invites us to let go, shake out our fears, and take flight utilizing the art piece "Thumbs Up" from EOD's 2019 exhibit as inspiration.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out
(13 min.)Objective - Use Matt de la Peña's book Last Stop on Market Street to explore the world around you through your five senses, just like C.J and his grandma do on their journey to Market Street, and create an original artwork.
Objective - We all have skills and talents we can share with others, just like the title characters in Pat Mora's book Tomás and the Library Lady. Investigate your own talents alongside our VIP reader and teaching artist in this bilingual virtual reading and lesson.
Objective - Through creative movement, dive into Yangsook Choi's book The Name Jar and learn to choregraph your own name dance.
Materials Needed - Space for students to spread out
Objective - discover all the wonderful things that make you unique through the book Why Am I Me? by Paige Britt and blind, modified and simple contour drawing self-portrait creation.
Materials Needed - Blank Paper, Coloring Utensils
Objective - Monique Gray Smith's book You Hold Me Up reminds us how easy it is to support and appreciate one another. Enjoy a VIP reading and create your own unique rap by creating a steady beat and rhyme pattern.
Objective - after reading Meg Medina's Mango, Abuela and Me, create your own Create your own parrot via a fun hands on art activity.
Materials Needed - Pattern Handout (download here), Colored construction paper (any colors will do), pencil, scissors, glue (stick or liquid), 3 brass fasteners (or stapler can be used)
(24 min. | 40 min. to complete project)Objective - Explore what makes you special and unique by identifying the main idea in It's Okay To Be Different by Todd Parr, finding the steady beat and creating your very own rap.
Materials Needed - Creation Worksheets
(17 min.)Objective - With the art piece "Sounds Good to Me" from EOD's 2020 exhibit as inspiration, identify personal strengths one can harness to help the world around us while finding the steady beat, utilizing a thinking map and creating your very own rap.
(12 min.)Objective - Explore the book Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco through narrative pantomime.
(20 min.)Objective - Explore the book Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall through narrative pantomime.
(12 Min.)Objective - Use creative movement to tell the story, and explore the changing feelings of characters, in Ish by Peter H. Reynolds.
Creative movement allows kids to practice self awareness and self management skills. Through kinesthetic learning, students will remember key details of texts while building empathy for the characters.
Materials Needed - Thinking Map Worksheet
(15-20 min.)Objective - Use evidence-based, critical thinking strategies to explore different works of art.
This virtual lesson is a modified version of the in-class Reading Art Lesson.
Lesson Plan | Lesson Demonstration
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