Learning & Product Expo: Art! – Chicago

For artists and art lovers alike, the Learning & Product Expo:Art! starts on July 10 in Chicago, IL. Artists can take classes in every medium and technique imaginable and visit two exhibit halls packed with art material manufacturers. You’ll learn about art supplies direct from the maker and buy at great prices. Classes are also available in subjects such as airbrush painting, printmaking, mixed media, and more. Go here to register now.

Learning & Product Expo: Art!
July 10-12, 2009 Chicago, IL
Hickory Ridge Marriott
1195 Summerhill Dr.
lisle, IL 60532

On the other side of the country? The Learning & Product Expo: Art! will be in Pasadena, CA Oct. 16-20.

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August is National Peach Month, and it’s the perfect time to learn about, learn with and eat peaches!

According the Utah State University’s Extension Service, peaches originated in China more than 8,000 years ago. There are more than 2,000 species, and they are good sources of vitamins A, C and E. Their fuzzy hair is known as trichomes, which helps protect the peaches against insects and retains moisture. Pretty sweet!

Learn about the life cycle of a peach with this printable pack from Every Star is Different. (Free to subscribers)

Twisty Noodle has a lot of great peach-themed worksheets including a tracing and coloring page, a dot to dot coloring page, do a dot page and practice writing the word peach. You can also learn to draw a peach from Hello Artsy and find more fruit coloring pages, including peaches, at Little Bee Family.

Kids of a certain age will want to read James and the Giant Peach (and/or watch the movie) and you can do activities related to the book for your peach unit study as well.

Simple Living Creative Learning has a James and the Giant Peach printable pack that includes 153 pages of math, literacy, pattern recognition, sorting and tons more (this isn’t free but it’s a great resource for a kid who loves this book).

Where the Magic Happens Teaching has another paid printable set of activities for doing James and the Giant Peach in the classroom, including a banner, quotes, poetry sheets, a STEM activity, lapbook and more.

Peanut Butter Fish Lessons has a good post about reading James and the Giant Peach with kids and using it to make predictions, track descriptive and figurative language and fun ideas for activities related to different chapters of the book. I love how it pulls in a lot of different kinds of synthesizing what you’ve read, from writing a news report to making a poster or acting out a scene.

And if you need a little sensory activity after all that, make some peach-scented playdough with this recipe from Laughing Kids Learn.

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