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Welcome to Global Explorers Kids
Greetings!
Global Explorers Kids hopes you are having a great summer! We are just finishing our summer camp, where we "traveled" with children, ages 4-8, to countries and cultures all over the world. The children created art projects, participated in storytelling, and learned games and dances from Iran, Morocco, Bosnia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and five other countries and cultures. Please visit our facebook page to see pictures of the kids having fun at camp. While there, you can become a fan of Global Explorers Kids on facebook, to receive updated information about events. You may also visit our website for more information www.globalexplorerskids.org
Happy explorations!
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Global Explorers Kids Happenings
Join us this weekend, July 18-19, at the Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival. Global Explorers Kids will be at the Kids Activity Tent from 1:00-6:00 pm both days, providing hands-on art activities. We'll be helping children to make clothespin dolls based on dolls from Guatemala, Kenya, and Japan, and creating ornaments to decorate a peace tree. The Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival will be held in Dawes Park, at Sheridan Rd and Church Street, in Evanston.
On Thursday, August 6, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Global Explorers Kids will be participating in Arts Day at the Chicago Children's Museum. Arts Day will feature artist-led workshops throughout the Museum. Global Explorers Kids will be helping children to create messages of peace for the world through the Flags of Peace Project, based on the Tibetan Prayer Flag tradition. Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier, 700 E Grand Ave in Chicago. |
Chicago-Jamaica Culture Quilt video now available on YouTube
The Chicago-Jamaica Culture Quilt video, created in conjunction with the Culture Quilt, is now available to view on YouTube. In the video, children from Chicago and children from Treasure Beach, Jamaica talk about their favorite things about where they live, their favorite foods, and their favorite holidays. The video is viewable in two parts, available through these links:
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Make a Paper Kufi
A kufi is a brimless, short, round cap. The traditional hat for men in West Africa, kufis are worn by elders to symbolize their status. In the US, the kufi is worn by African-Americans to show pride in their heritage.
Kids can make a kufi from paper. Cut six 2" x 11" strips of cardstock in the pan-African colors of red, green, yellow, and black. Have the children decorate the strips with crayons and colored dot stickers. Staple two strips together to form a headband that fits on the child's head. Staple the other strips, one at a time, from one side of the headband to the other. The strips should cross each other in the center, forming a dome.
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