futuremenders: making and mending together
Image from The Mending Shop website, a pop-up shop by Futuremenders. No more clothes, ever. This is the “the age of collective mending”. This is Futuremenders, a fun and deadly serious form of […]
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tweetkids cookshop: milkshake story
We began with a read of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and met some nice words like apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, chocolate cake, icecream, pickle, cheese, salami, lollipop, […]
tweetkids workshop: alphabet post for Father Christmas
Today we made a special alphabet gift for Father Christmas, our English student for the evening. Our idea was to teach him the English Alphabet, so that he would be […]
tweetkids workshop: colour wheels and raindrops
Rain, rain go away, come again another day. It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring, he went to bed, bumped his head, and couldn’t get up in the […]
tobeus or not tobeus: a matter of toys
TobeUS or not TobeUs, that is the question. A poignant project for the time of year and, indeed, our times, TobeUs: a matter of toys observes obsolescence in children’s toys. Matteo […]
tweetkids workshop: animal masks
You say squeak squeak and I say squit squit, You say woof woof and I say bau bau, Squeak, squit, woof, bau, Let’s call the whole thing off! This week we made animal […]
villa litta park workshop – christmas snap!
Today we held a Saturday workshop at the Villa Litta Park, in Affori, Milan. Snow fell on Milan yesterday so the park looked beautiful in the afternoon sunlight and we […]
tweetkids cookshop: alphapizza (it’s mine!)
Let’s make Pizza! This workshop focused on pizza personalisation, and a few pieces of new vocabulary. Each child crafted their very own pizza for Wednesday‘s dinner. Oval pizzas for long names (Francesca, […]
tweetkids workshop: facefood
Today we played with fresh fruit and vegetables to make facefood! We talked about fruit and vegetables, our favourites, and the ones we turn our noses up at..we chatted about […]
tweetkids colourshop: magic water experiment
It’s raining, it’s pouring…purple! This week we attempted a scientific experiment with our rainbow colours, water and shaving cream! Each clear jar was filled with a little water (for effect) and […]
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