Once again, Thingamakids! join Teacher Lydia to draw artistic inspiration from the elements of nature - earth, wind, water, fire and space to create sounds, stories, and art. Students will create pop-up books to house the treasures they find in nature, create sounds from rocks, craft wind chimes, and discover how water and metal bowls can create a musical instrument.
Each camp day will focus on a different element, with space being the element of gallery day .
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___________Daily Activity Schedule___________
Mon, 7/16
EARTH DAY
Warm-up : Movement and name games
Discovery : How to make sounds with rocks
Artwork : Create a rock family and learn how to paint on the rocks
Pop-up Castles : Create pop-up book castles for rock family to live
Rock Painting : Continue
RECESS/LUNCH
Next element prep : Sound walk and forage for sticks to use for wind day
Tue, 7/17
WIND DAY
Warm-up : Movement and name games
Discovery : What is wind and where does it come from?
Exploration : Do humans make wind? Does it make any sound? (study of breath)
Hands-on activity: Make panpipes
RECESS/LUNCH
Wed, 7/18
WATER DAY
Warm-up : Movement and name games
Discovery : where would we find water? Are there different kinds of water?
Exploration : Water in instruments, and sound of water in glass bottles
Hands-on activity : Make water gongs and water pipes
RECESS/LUNCH
Thu, 7/19
FIRE DAY
Warm-up : Movement and name games
Discovery : Metal objects and glasses
Study & Exploration : Video on glass blowing and forging to show how fire creates the everyday objects around us.
Demonstration : Guest Artist plays water glasses
RECESS/LUNCH
Fri, 7/20
GALLERY DAY (SPACE)*
Students will put the finishing touches on their pop-up books.
Students will set their gallery.
Pop-up books, panpipes, wind chimes, and other instrument created during the week will be on display in a gallery.
*no after-care
BFA - Percussion Performance (California Institute of the Arts) MA - Music Composition (Mills College)
Lydia Martin
No-nonsense nurture and mindfulness techniques are just two of the many unique methods Teacher Lydia brings to her classes. She's created a pedagogy that utilizes games and musical activities to help students develop active listening skills, social/emotional learning, mindfulness and musical embodiment. In addition to her over 9-year experience as a Teaching Artist, she has practiced and performed as a musician for 25 years.