Join us as we return in-person to the playground this Spring!
Singing Winds follows COVID-19 guidelines for social distancing and face coverings.
Free Activities in Albemarle Playground
2020
Origami Butterflies
Fill your home with flying butterflies!
In this video, Piu and Rajeswaree will show you how to create colorful butterflies out of folded paper.
Materials: Paper, crayons or markers, scissors (optional)
How many butterflies can you make?
Show us your origami butterflies by posting a picture to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Instagram and Facebook.
Online Games – Kahoot!
The Singing Winds Virtual Playground – Online Games
Kahoot! is a fast-paced trivia game in which players use a cellphone or tablet to answer questions and gain points. The first to answer gets a bonus!
Recommended for children ages 8 – 12
Thursday, August 13 @ 1:00 pm – Kahoot!
Homemade Play-dough!
In this video, Ivana will show you how to make your cookies and doughnuts from home made non-toxic playdough!
See if you can make some cookies and doughnuts.
What else can you create using your home made play-dough ? Can you create a butterfly or a flower? An animal? Or, even a house?
Send us a photo of your creation and we will share your artwork in our #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery!
Share it with us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/SingingWinds
Direct Message us on Instagram:@singing_winds
Cómo crear un globo aerostático de papel 3D
El patio virtual de Singing Winds #SingingWindsSummerFun
¿Puedes hacer un globo aerostático con papel?
En este video, Karen te mostrará cómo.
Muéstranos lo que creas publicando una foto en #SingingWindsSummerFun en Facebook o Instagram
The Singing Winds virtual playground #SingingWindsSummerFun
Can you make a hot air balloon out of paper?
In this video, Karen will show you how.
Show us what you create by posting a photo to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Facebook or Instagram
Slime – 3 Different Ways!
Can you create Slime out of glue and an activator?
In this video, Piu will show you how to make 3 different kinds of slime.
Show us how stretchy your slime can stretch by posting a video to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Instagram or Facebook!
Origami – Jumping Frog
Can you create a frog out of paper that can really jump?
In this video, Estela will show you how.
Show us how far your frog can jump by posting a video to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Instagram or Facebook
Fireworks in a Glass!
How do you use the properties of oil and water to create “fireworks” in a glass?
In this video, Faizah will show you how to do a simple science experiment with colorful results.
Share a picture of your “fireworks” with us on Facebook or Instagram.
Let’s Draw in 3-D!
Learn simple techniques for drawing in 3-D!
In this video, Juan will show you how to create an optical illusion with pen and paper.
Materials: pen, pencil, ruler, paper, sharpie or marker
Share your artwork with us on Facebook and instagram
#SingingWindsSummerFun
Bubbles!
How big a bubble can you blow?
In this video, Samiya will show you how to make bubble solution and wands from easy-to-find household items.
Materials: Dish detergent, sugar, water, scissors, empty water or soda bottle
Share pictures of the biggest bubbles you make!
#SingingWindsSummerFun on Facebook and Instagram
Summer Fun: Clothes Art
Have you ever made a picture without pencils, pens, or paint?
Introducing: CLOTHES ART
In this video, Ivana will show you how to make art with your everyday clothes!
See if you can make a picture of our planet Earth. What else can you create using just your clothes? Can you create a butterfly or a flower? An animal? Or, even a person?
Send us a photo of your creation and we will share your artwork in our #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery!
Share it with us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/SingingWinds
Direct Message us on Instagram:@singing_winds
We look forward to seeing what you create!
The Singing Winds Virtual Playground
In response to COVID-19 pandemic closures in 2020, Singing Winds summer teen leaders created the Virtual Playground – a series of online events and videos for children and their families.
Free art supplies were distributed in Albemarle Playground so that families could do the projects at home.
Click on “The Singing Winds Virtual Playground” in the menu at the bottom of the home page to see more.
Each summer, The Singing Winds brings free arts & crafts, games, science projects, and storytelling programs to Albemarle Playground in Kensington, Brooklyn.
This year, The Singing Winds Virtual Playground will be online!
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from July 21 – August 20, the Singing Winds Summer Team will post new activities for children and families via email, facebook, instagram, and YouTube.
If you enjoy the activity, and create the project at home, you are invited to post your creation to the #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery.
The Lions and Dragons Dance
The Singing Winds presents “The Lions and Dragons Dance – a children’s celebration of the Lunar New Year” featuring special guests from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute.
2020 is the Year of the Rat! Come celebrate the Lunar New Year with Lion Dance, Fan Dance, Kung Fu, music, and stories from China. With a special presentation by the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute, “The Lions and Dragons Dance” will introduce you to some of the legends and traditional customs associated with this ancient celebration.
Recommended for all ages! Wear Red!
Free Admission
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
Where: PS 230 auditorium, 1 Albemarle Street
When: Friday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Juha and His Donkey
Goha and His Donkey, illustrated by the Al-Fattoh family of tentmakers
The Singing Winds presents “Juha and His Donkey – Stories, Music and Dance from the Middle East” featuring storytelling in Arabic and English.
Join us this Saturday, and hear traditional tales from the Middle East and an original Arabic translation of a contemporary story – “How Leo Learned to be King,” by Marcus Pfister. Calligraphy and mosaic projects. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Arabic music, and join the dance!
Please note that we will be dancing in separate groups for boys and girls.
Free Admission
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
WHERE: PS 230 multimedia room, 425 McDonald Avenue, nearest subway – F train (Church Avenue)
WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Thank you, NYSCA!
We are proud to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded us a 2020 Project Support grant through the Special Arts Services program. Thank you! We are so grateful for the support that has been offered to the Singing Winds: Storytelling from Around the World program.
