Parent Workshops at PS 48M

02 Feb 2012, 12:43 PM by kaya

We had a great morning at PS 48M working with parents on portraiture they can do at home with kids. Teaching Artist Beto Sepulveda led parents through an exercise in using crayon transfer, black and white copies of photos, and marvelous imaginations to make some art.

Beto explaining the process:

Our parents working on their art:

Some of their finished works:

Happy New Year and PS 40 has an I Teach I Learn

05 Jan 2012, 1:50 PM by kaya

Students and Parents prepare for an acting exercise

PS 40's film class, led by teaching artist Brian Wojo Womack, students opened their doors to grownups in their first I Teach I Learn. Everyone was invited to this open class, where students shared acting exercises and group storytelling activities. Parents were excited to hear about the film the class is working on and what they've made so far. The evening was such a success we'll be doing it again this semester. Great work everyone!

Groups share stories...

And then everyone in the groups tells the same story, the audience has to guess who originally told it based on clues they get through asking the actors questions!

PS 48Q's animation class

23 Dec 2011, 5:26 PM by kaya

We leave you this year with a video of animation projects from PS 48Q. Working with teaching artist Habibah Ahmad, PS 48's students made films based on the water cycle. You'll see dolphins of clay and creatures of paper perform magic acts. Next semester the class will continue with their science theme, we're excited to see what's next!

Video in progress of loading, check back soon!

PS 90 Holiday Preparations

23 Dec 2011, 12:26 AM by kaya

At PS 90 in Coney Island, dance students are busily preparing for their winter dance concert today! Over 40 1st and 2nd graders, working with teaching artist Kathy Fleurissaint, have been honing their dance moves.

Here’s what they had to say:

Analia,6 – I like the songs we have for freestyle  

Eman, 7- In dance we practice our dance a lot and have fun.

Michael, 7 - we are practicing for a Christmas show, where we’ll be dancing for the parents and the rest of the school!

Ariel, 6- my favorite part is the freestyle dance because you freeze and then you dance and even when you are disqualified you’re not out, because you can help Ms. Kathy with the pausing and calling out numbers.

Bruce, 7- the most exciting part of dance when we dance and play games because dance shows you how to move your body.

(Also in the class interview, Mark wanted to share was 7)

PS 112 Holiday Share

20 Dec 2011, 1:00 PM by kaya

Students at PS 112 shared the great work they've been doing in their music class with the whole school this week. Their percussion unit focused on bucket drums, and teaching artist Martin Urbach led them in showing off their skills. This reviewer's favorite part was then they ended the show throwing paper snow all around the stage. Great work guys!