Socially Uplifting Art

Have you noticed all of the amazing art that has been emerging during Shelter at Home?

If not, take a walk and look around. It's in windows and yards, on sidewalks and driveways.

People have been making signs, messages, and art to show support for others.

There are paintings imparting feelings of love and kindness.

These images bring joy to others during a difficult time.

Can you write a message of support or simply make some beautiful art to brighten someone's day?

Hang a picture in your window or display it in your yard. 

Write a message of support on the sidewalk or in your driveway! 

Help your neighbors keep six feet apart. 

This is also a good way to incorporate math and numbers into your day, through measuring!

Thank your community helpers and essential workers!

Make beautiful stained glass style art with tape and chalk. (How-to video coming soon.)

  Try your hand at street art.

Make some graffiti style images using stencils and cornstarch!

(How-to video coming soon!)

Do it all, if you like and share it with us! We want to collect all the images from IJP families and share them on social media to spread more love and kindness in the word and inspire others to do the same!

During the next few weeks, I am going to share how-to videos of types of uplifting art for your inspiration, beginning with Cornstarch Graffiti and Stained-Glass Tape Art. 

Let's all spread a little more positivity into the world!

-Morah Jessica

Share your uplifting art!

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Jessica.mcbee@icloud.com

Make Your Own Obstacle Course (featuring Extended Day)

Rainy days at Intown Jewish Preschool can often be difficult for the children. Not being able to run around and climb outside often leads to cabin fever. They want to move their bodies and are in need of Gross Motor play. This is why we often set up obstacle courses in our big classroom upstairs. 

We have all kinds of mats, soft wedges and cubes and other shapes for climbing, a tunnel, and even a mini trampoline. 

The children enjoy setting up their own courses and have have added their own bridges and structures, building them with our large blocks.

An obstacle course is a great way to break up the day and provide another option for physical activity.

An obstacle course allows the children to utilize their imagination as well as critical thinking and problem solving skills.

When building your obstacle course at home you may have to think outside the box, since you may not have the same materials that we have at school.

Items from around the house can be used in a new way! 

Do you have a wobbly seat?

Or a beach ball?

Use pillows as stepping stones.

A table can become a tunnel.

Crawl on a road of bubble wrap!

Escape through a maze of painter's tape.

Most importantly, share your obstacle course with the IJP family!

-Morah Jessica

Jessica.mcbee@icloud.com

How to Hopscotch (featuring Extended Day)

You may have done hopscotch the traditional way, by drawing a straight series of boxes and numbers on the ground with chalk.

This way is fun, but hopscotch can be so much more.

For starters, Try jumping with a parter.

When drawing, try one one of these variations!

Did you know hopscotch could be used to teach literacy?

Use letters instead of numbers.

Try matching letter to sound.

Want to add complexity? Move on to blends and maybe even try hopping CVC words (cat, can, cap)

Try this Alphabet Hopscotch game:

 https://buggyandbuddy.com/abc-sidewalk-chalk-game/

Play a hopscotch game!

Write actions in the squares.

Oh no! What if it's raining?

Fear not!

If you have masking tape or painter's tape, you can hopscotch indoors!

If you try any of these ideas, please send pictures!

Enjoy!

 Jessica McBee

Jessica.mcbee@icloud.com