Author Archives: Rachel Gordon

Sculpture – Egypt Ushabti

By Rachel Gordon
Jan-27-2016
adventure, art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, pretend, trace
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Looks like Max made it to the museum as well! Who doesn’t like learning about Ancient Egypt?! These sculptures by the Ancient Egyptians are called Ushabti. They were buried (sometimes hundreds of them – and sometimes they were small and sometimes they were big) with the dead and expected to servants to them in whatever came next. The hieroglyphics on their legs was their contract saying they were willing to work! Click on the image below, or click here, to open the […]

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Sculpture – Yam Masks

By Rachel Gordon
Jan-20-2016
adventure, art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, trace, traveling
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One of the great things about museums is we can learn about other countries and cultures. We usually think of masks as something that people wear when we are pretending to be someone or something else. In Papua New Guinea, Yam masks (also called Babamini) are made every year to decorate yams to look like people at the Yam Harvest Festival! Some of the yams are 12 feet long – that’s bigger than 2 people! Click on the image below, or […]

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Museum – sculpture Mobile

By Rachel Gordon
Jan-13-2016
art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, trace
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Mobiles are sculptures that hang by one wire at the top so they can move around without touching each other – either in the wind or because they get moved by people or a motor. The different pieces are attached to a wire in such a way that they balance and the wire stays mostly horizontal. They can be little (like the ones that hang over baby cribs) or they can be huge! The artist Alexander Calder was the first […]

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Museum – sculpture, minimalism boxes

By Rachel Gordon
Jan-6-2016
art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, trace
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Different artists at different times make different kinds of sculpture. Some are made by hand and some are made by machine. Sometimes they look just like things we use every day! Donald Judd was an artist who made sculptures that often look like furniture. He made a lot of sculptures of boxes like these. He thought it was just as important to look at the spaces on the wall between the boxes (and the shadows the boxes made) as it […]

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Museum – sculpture, Oval with Points

By Rachel Gordon
Dec-16-2015
adventure, art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, park, trace
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I’m not sure how Sophie and Sadie got to the sculpture without walking on the grass – I also don’t know how they managed to climb it! Oval with Points, which this sculpture looks like, was done by the artist Henry Moore. It’s pretty big as you can see – and made of bronze. He wanted his art to be outside for people to enjoy (although probably not climb on!) instead of in museums. Can you see where the points […]

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Museum – sculpture, The Dancer

By Rachel Gordon
Dec-9-2015
art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, pretend, trace
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I bet Sophie is pretty surprised to find a statue in the museum looks just like her! Sculptures can be made out of all different kinds of materials – wood, metal, ceramic, ice, fabric. They can be any size from tiny to huge. This statue looks like a famous statue by Edgar Degas called Little Dancer. He originally made the statue out of wax – and later 28 copies were made out of bronze. Click on the image below, or […]

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More Birthday fun

By Rachel Gordon
Dec-1-2015
birthday, celebrate, Coloring pages, cooperating, home
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Time for more birthday fun – I think Sophie and Sadie must have made another friend…because it’s not their birthday! Click on the image below, or click here, to open the coloring page, then download, print, and start coloring!

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Turkey

By Rachel Gordon
Nov-17-2015
animals, celebrate, Coloring pages, farm, letters, nature, trace
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It’s almost Thanksgiving – which is all about turkeys. Even if you don’t eat them! One of the ways to tell a boy turkey from a girl turkey is by looking at their poops! Boy poops look like spiral coils and girl poops look like the letter J! Click on the image below, or click here, to open the coloring page, then download, print, and start coloring!

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Tickets at the museum

By Rachel Gordon
Nov-11-2015
adventure, art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, trace, traveling
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There are so many kinds of tickets! Tickets to get on the bus, raffle tickets, movie tickets, traffic tickets, lottery tickets, parking tickets, theater tickets, and tickets to get into a museum, just to name a few! Sometimes you have to pay for the tickets and sometimes you don’t. These have a tear off part at the top so the museum can keep a part to know how many people saw the exhibit and Sophie and Sadie can keep the […]

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Turnstiles at the museum

By Rachel Gordon
Nov-4-2015
adventure, art, Coloring pages, letters, museum, trace
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Sophie and Sadie are visiting a museum. All museums want to know how many people visit – some have people with number clickers at the entrance and others use turnstiles like these. You’ll find all different types of turnstiles in all different places – but they were originally invented for farmers who needed a way that they could leave the pasture and their animals couldn’t follow them (and couldn’t go off on adventures of their own!). Click on the image […]

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