Art Garden Summer

The summer is moving along quickly in Patchwork’s Arts & Smarts Program! This week we finished the third week of summer children’s activities. We’ve been busy!

Some of the things we’ve accomplished are:

  • We acted out several stories with Susan Fowler, including:
    • How scientists first realized what was happening when they saw a solar eclipse
    • The story of The Rainbow Fish
    • The story of Grandma’s Featherbed
  • We picked kale in the garden, roasted it, and sampled it
  • We “blinged out” bike helmets with handmade stickers
  • We sang songs with Gary and Jesse
  • We drove robots as part of a STEM lesson from the library
  • We solved THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING TIARA
  • We cooked a healthy and zesty salad with fresh ingredients and a recipe provided by the library’s Book n’ Cook program
  • We made underwater-themed sculptures in the clay studio
  • We weeded the garden and planted sweet potatoes (the reward was a chance to pick a few blackberries!)
  • We created “Color Twister” paper collages inspired by Eric Carle’s book Hello Red Fox

Now we’ll take a break for two weeks and then finish the summer with two weeks of activities in July. Keep an eye out for more updates on the fun!

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