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The 2 Hands 2 Learn program provides children with engaging, hands-on learning experiences that are designed to enrich the school curriculum - to make history, science, nature, and the arts come alive - and to provide a greater understanding of other cultures. Our Artist-in-Residence program allows for an extended, tailor-made integration of the arts into the curriculum. Our goal is to stimulate curiosity and open young hearts and minds to learning about the world around them.
Our workshops are all participatory and are created for the classroom. We can design a program to fit your particular classroom needs and enhance your curriculum. Most of our programs can be adapted for any age group. Workshops usually last two hours, but can be tailored to meet teachers' individual schedules.
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NATIVE CULTURES
NATIVE AMERICANS - An introduction to many intriguing aspects of local Native American life, highlighting the contributions of their diverse and fascinating cultures to our nation's history. We'll shell and pop "Indian Corn," make a corn husk doll, play a traditional game, make headbands, apply face paint made of berries, and explore other materials used for food, tools, and clothing. This program can be adapted for other regional Native American cultures.
THE INUIT - In this workshop we compare traditional and modern life through the medium of contemporary Inuit art. We'll create a fabric wall hanging for the classroom, with each child contributing an individual image chosen to represent an aspect of Inuit culture. We'll also sample traditional Inuit food.
THE MAYA - An exploration of the native people of ancient Mexico and Central America. We'll learn about what it was like to be a Mayan child, grind cornmeal in the traditional way, eat some Mayan food, and make a glyph necklace.
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COLONIAL LIFE Get a taste of life as an early American child, through hands-on activities.
COLONIAL KITCHEN - We will dip candles, grind our own cornmeal and spices, cook hush puppies, brew herbal tea, churn butter (and feast!) while exploring life in the colonial kitchen. This workshop can be adapted to a unit on westward expansion and life on the prairie.
LINSEY-WOOLSEY - Learn about colonial materials, fibers, and dyes, and how clothing was made before the machine age. We'll pick, comb, and spin raw wool, using carders and drop spindles, and then weave a yarn bracelet.
PAPERMAKING - An introduction to the history of papermaking through the ages, with an emphasis on colonial times. We'll make cotton rag paper from pulp, using the traditional method of screening with a mold and deckle. We will also marbleize paper.
HERBS AND SPICES - Learn how the Indians and settlers used plants for food, medicines, dyes, and even toys. We'll dye cloth, make pomander balls and aromatic sachets with field herbs and spices, and enjoy some sassafras tea.
COLONIAL CRAFTS - A sampling of some of the homespun arts of the colonial period. We'll paint floor cloths, do calligraphy with quill pens, and explore stenciling and tinsmithing.
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| EXPORING OTHER LANDS A glimpse into past and present traditions of different countries. Includes indigenous foods, crafts, beliefs, and other aspects of daily life. Workshop choices include: - Japan
- China
- Africa
- The Middle East
- South and Central Americas
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OUR NATURAL WORLD An exciting introduction to nature and our environment, through which children experience the joy of being in touch with the earth.
EXPLORING NATURE - In a park, field, or woodland near your school--or even in your own schoolyard--we can do an outdoor workshop, offering a choice of activities. We'll forage for wild foods in season, and look for the many signs of spring when winter ends. In the fall, we'll learn about seeds--observing and collecting them, and discovering the many ways nature has provided for their dispersal. We'll go on an "alphabet plant hunt," finding plants beginning with different letters, make rubbings of our specimens, and assemble them into our own ABC book. Projects vary according to season. In inclement weather we can adapt the program to include indoor activities.
THE FIVE SENSES - This workshop encourages children to become more aware of their world by tasting, touching, seeing, smelling, and hearing. We play an extended guessing game, using all our senses to identify objects and describe them.
SEED TO FEED - An introduction to basic botany. We discover how plants grow, their uses, and what parts we eat, and we'll plant a variety of seeds. We'll also make a salad using ingredients from every part of the plant: seeds, roots, stems, leaves, buds, and flowers.
THE ANIMAL WORLD Focusing on vertebrates, we learn about ourselves and our relationship to other creatures on our planet, including some basic anatomy. Children get a chance to handle mice, snakes, frogs, and other small animals.
NO BONES ABOUT IT! - Practically all of the creatures in this world are invertebrates. We'll learn about such varied creatures as octopi, worms, and insects. We'll eat some "inverts" and make an insect project. This program can emphasize insects, bees and butterflies.
BIRDS - What makes a bird a bird? We'll look at the different parts of a bird, different nests, and different eggs. We'll eat 1000-year-old eggs, do an unusual "eggs-periment," and make a bird project.
DINOSAUR DAYS - A journey to the Mesozoic Age to imagine what it was like to be a dinosaur 200 million years ago! Each student will sample dinosaur food and make a fossil to "dig up" and a fossil to take home.
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In these programs an artist works closely with classroom teachers over an extended period (from two days to ten weeks) to integrate the arts into a carefully planned curriculum. Each project is individually designed with the goals of the specific curriculum in mind. Projects could include: bookmaking, masks, puppets, weaving, clay sculpture, papermaking, fabric collage, murals, photography, etc. You are limited only by your imagination.
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Visual Arts as a Tool for Learning
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2 Hands 2 Learn - Director Erica Bogin has been conducting workshops and teaching as an artist-in-residence throughout the New York area for over 20 years. A 1979 graduate in Visual Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase, she has exhibited her original work throughout the United States.
Erica has taught extensively in public and private schools, at all grade levels from pre-K to high school, and has curated numerous district-wide art exhibits of work by children and young adults. She has also worked closely with both special needs children and adults.
Judy Lewis is the business director and educator. Judy has worked extensively with children with arts in education and science curriculum for numerous years.
The 2 Hands 2 Learn program has recently expanded to include a staff of highly trained, experienced teachers serving New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other locations throughout New England.
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In New York State, if your district participates in the BOCES Arts-in Education or Environmental Education Service, state aid is available. All 2 Hands 2 Learn programs meet New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Please keep in mind that due to the popularity of some programs we suggest that you call early to reserve your preferred workshops.
For further information, references, and fees contact 2 Hands 2 Learn at 914-582-0708 or email us at info@2hands2learn.com
Remember, we enjoy developing new programs to suit the specific needs of the schools we serve. We agree with current educational research findings that kids (like the rest of us) learn best by doing. Let's be creative together! We hope you'll welcome us into your classroom this year.
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