🎨"2021 Family Art Therapy Week 4" with Ms. Mandi, BSW🎨

“2021- FAMILY ART-THERAPY WEEK 4”

A little history about Art Therapy: Art Therapy was discovered by a British Artist, Adrian Hill in 1942, while she was recovering from tuberculosis.

Art, either creating it or viewing others’ art is used to help people explore their emotions, develop a strong self-awareness, cope with stress, boost self-esteem, and work on social skills.

This week’s projects will be about DIVERSITY and INCLUSION.

Monday- To link with the Positive Action word of the week: DIVERSITY

Today we will need small rocks, paintbrushes, and some paint: blue, red, yellow, green, brown. We are going to take a nature walk with our family to find small, smooth rocks that we can paint. We will wash our rocks and let them dry completely so our paint doesn’t run. We will then gather around a table with our rocks and paints and design our rocks. We will be making M&M rocks to show DIVERSITY. You can also decorate your M&M to show how you are feeling today: if you are happy, put a smile etc. When they are completed, they can be placed in your flowerbed, potted plant or taken to your local park to brighten someone’s day. Everyone could use a little extra cheer at this time. If you have little kids, you can use this as a learning experience to teach them that we are all different on the outside but the same on the inside just like the chocolate center of the M&M.

(PLEASE SEND YOUR CREATIONS TO ME AT amanda@morganpartnership.org WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT and please feel free to comment what worked and what didn’t work for your family.) 😊"#$%

Tuesday- Today we will be learning about INCLUSION. This is where we include everyone in our group or class, treat them fairly and with respect and provide equal opportunity to everyone no matter their gender, race or cultural background.

We will be making a puzzle to show how each piece (or each person) is important. With one missing piece/person, we are left with a hole. It is important to make everyone feel special and included.

We will need paper, markers, crayons or whatever you would like to use to create your puzzle. The picture below even has googly eyes added. There are pictures attached below for ideas. You can work with your family to create one puzzle, then display it in your home. Be CREATIVE!!!

(PLEASE SEND YOUR CREATIONS TO ME amanda@morganpartnership.org WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT) 😊"#$%

Wednesday-

Today we will be learning about INCLUSION. This is where we include everyone in our group or class, treat them fairly and with respect and provide equal opportunity to everyone no matter their gender, race or cultural background.

For this project you will need: the paint colors of the rainbow, a paintbrush or Q-tips, white paper and your family members. This project will be with making a rainbow by using our hand. Choose which member of your family will be painting and who’s hand you will be using. You can choose how you would like to design your rainbow. There are a few pictures below to give you ideas. Keep in mind that without all of the colors of the rainbow there is a missing piece. Including all colors (people) completes your rainbow (group/class).

(PLEASE SEND YOUR CREATIONS TO amanda@morganpartnership.org WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT) 😊"#$%

Thursday-

Today we will be using strips of construction paper (or you can color white paper), scissors, and either glue, a stapler, hot glue gun or tape (something to fasten the loops). You and your family will cut your sheets of paper into strips. When you have several strips ready, one person in your family can start making loops, while someone else fastens the loops with glue, tape or staple. There are pictures below to show how to hook the loops.

Think about what would happen if a loop were to break?? Or a loop was missing?? What would that look like?? This shows that all the loops are very important to make the chain strong.

Every person is important to make our group/class/family function properly.

(PLEASE SEND YOUR CREATIONS TO amanda@morganpartnership.org WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT) 😊"#$%

Friday- Today we will be doing a lesson to take us into Black History Month which will be starting next week with Monday being Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Today we are going to be using paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, or whatever you have handy to create an instrument. There are a few pictures attached below to give you an idea of what we are making. Each member of your family will decide what instrument they want to create. Think about Black History and what instruments the slaves played to create their music.

Instruments were very important to them because very few could read and write. They were not allowed to attend school or to have an education. Many had limited vocabulary, so they told stories through their songs and music.

So to link this lesson with Positive Actions, how would you feel if you weren’t treated fairly? If you weren’t allowed to go to school to learn? How would your life look if you could only communicate by song and music?

INCLUSION- It’s very important that we treat everyone with kindness and respect, to include each member with fair opportunities.

(PLEASE SEND YOUR CREATIONS TO amanda@morganpartnership.org WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT) 😊"#$% You can also use Amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us to email your projects.

Please Access PositiveValuesNetwork.com for more links, videos, and art projects.

I hope you have enjoyed all of the fun this week!! Please share what you liked best and what you would like me to change for next time. If you have a fun idea, please let me know so that I can incorporate them into another fun activity for your family!

Thank you for your participation, Ms. Mandi