K-12
***YoungIFOA
Literary and Book Arts
During YoungIFOA, Canadian and international writers for young people share their work with school groups as part of the world-renowned International Festival of Authors (IFOA). oungIFOA affords students unparalleled access to authors, to hear them read from their works, to ask questions, and to have their books signed! Past authors have included André Alexis (Canada), Pierre Berton (Canada), Anita Desai (India), Jonathan Safran Foer (USA), Dennis Lee (Canada), Penelope Lively (UK), Tim Wynne-Jones (Canada) and Ting-xing Ye (China/Canada). This year's guest authors include Matthew Stelton and Sean Cullen.
For more information, please contact our registrar at 416-973-4772 or visit www.readings.org.
October 24-26,2007
K-12
**ALOUD: A Celebration For Young Readers
Literary and Book Arts
ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers returns to Harbourfront for its third installment. Each event in this festival of boisterous bookishness gives students a rare opportunity to hear authors read from their works and interact with authors through question and answer sessions and book signings. Past Canadian and international guests have included Deborah Ellis, Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel, Susan Juby, Dennis Lee, Katarina Mazetti, Evan Solomon, Mélanie Watt and Tim Wynne-Jones. This year’s line-up promises to be stellar!
For more information, please contact our registrar or visit www.readings.org.
February 12-16, 2008
K-12
*Forest of Reading © Festival of Trees
Literary and Book Arts
The Forest of Reading® is a series of Ontario-wide children’s choice award programs run in schools, public libraries, and homes. Included in the Forest awards are: the Blue Spruce Award® (Kindergarten–Grade 2); the Silver Birch Express Award® (Grade 3–4); the Silver Birch Award® (Grades 4–6); the Red Maple Award® (Grades 7–8); and the White Pine Award® (Grades 9–12).
In 2008, The Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees plants itself at Harbourfront Centre for the second year running. In 2007 we welcomed more than 60 authors and 4,000 students to the Harbourfront Centre site for an action-packed day of readings, award ceremonies, workshops and activities. International Readings is pleased to partner with the Ontario Library Association (OLA) to present this exciting day-long festival.
Learn more about the Ontario Library Association at www.accessola.com.
For information on purchasing tickets for this event, read this instruction sheet!
May 21-22, 2008
2-4
FULL DAY
Behind The Curtain: Los Patita de Perro
Performing Arts
Mexican rock band Los Patita de Perro – there’s more to these muchachos than meets the ojo!
Harbourfront Centre’s Salvador Allende Festival will feature the Mexican rock band Los Patita de Perro! This dynamic group of children’s performers will also do a concert for our School Visits programme. Famous in Latin America for their ability to move both children and adults, Nacho Pata, Pancho Pata and Charlie Pata serve up a hard rocking hour of head nodding, arm waving, aisle dancing fun. The Patas use their music to educate children about social responsibility, self respect, personal hygiene, preserving Mexican traditions, and the importance of protecting the environment. Students will have such a good time they don’t even notice how much they’re learning!
November 8, 10am - 2pm
Cost: $15 per student; Matinee Only: $10 per ticket
3-6
FULL DAY
Behind The Curtain: Tribal Cracking Wind
Performing Arts
Tribal Crackling Wind’s Artistic Director Peter Chin spent the last three years visiting Cambodia, working with local artists to research and create his new work: Transmission of the Invisible. Join us for a storytelling workshop led by company dancers and two special guest artists from Cambodia. Using video footage of Cambodian and Canadian children engaged in games, activities, and day-to-day life, the workshop will include dance and music activities that respond to these stories, performances by the two Cambodian dancers and movement work from the Cambodian tradition.
Participants of the workshop will be asked to agree to have the activities videotaped for inclusion in the video installation, which will form a part of the final presentation of Transmission of the Invisible.
Winter 2008, date TBA, 10am-2pm
Cost: Full Day; $15 per student; Matinee Only; $10 per ticket
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Building Beasts
Exploring Contemporary Art
Welcome to the exciting world of sculptural beasts! More then just scary creatures that haunt our dreams, these silent critters have been known to protect our homes, offices, cathedrals, temples and sacred spaces all over the world. Students will learn about gargoyles, chimeras, sphinxes and grotesques from a variety cultures.
• Learn about sculpture and discuss how it is used in architecture
• Explore form, pattern and texture, articulating techniques of 3-D form
• Learn and use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay, and discuss the physical properties of clay
• Create a ceramics piece inspired by the building beasts history, from the design to the execution, employing hand building techniques and textural decorative methods
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Masks
Exploring Contemporary Art
Using a variety of hand-building techniques create a 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures, and visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio.
• Discuss ways which artists communicate and the purpose of the mask
• Explore form, pattern, and texture
• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Learn to terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grades 5-6)
2-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Vessels
Exploring Contemporary Art
Using various hand-building techniques (slab, pinch pot and coil), create your own clay vessel. Take the full-day programme and create a more ambitious piece. Learn about the history and use of clay vessels around the world, from Greek amphorae to contemporary craft.
• Work with a variety of hand-building techniques, and embellish vessels with patterns and textures
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Discuss the physical properties of clay
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio and explore contemporary creation of ceramic objects
Grades 2-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
K-4
HALF DAY
Creative Movement
In-School Programmes, Performing Arts
Also available as an in school programme!
Experience the wonderful world of expressive movement in this imaginative workshop.
• Students learn how to engage their imagination as the driving force behind expressive movement
• Work with a professional dancer; explore sensory contrast, tempo, direction and whole body co-ordination
• Work with a Korean Dance Ribbon and learn how to articulate shapes in movement and rhythm.
• Learn about traditional dances from around the world (Grades 3-4)
• Educator’s learn a series of simple dance activities to assist with your in school dance programme
Curriculum connections:
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 4)
Visual Arts (Grades K – 4)
K-8
Day Of The Dead
Day Of The Dead
Experience the unique Mexican tradition that joyfully remembers ancestors by bringing their memories to life. Come and celebrate this tradition with music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling and altars.
In partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico.
November 3-4, 10am-3pm
Free!
1-3
HALF DAY
Discover the Waterfront Community
Urban Studies
Explore Toronto’s exciting (and growing) lakeside urban community!
• Consider the social and physical needs of residents in the area
• Observe the different ways people travel around an urban community and the wide range of occupations and service providers in the waterfront community
• Compare and distinguish features of urban and rural communities and investigate the interaction between the waterfront community and the environment
Curriculum connections:
Social Studies: The Local Community (Grade 1)
Social Studies: Features of Communities (Grade 2)
Social Studies: Urban and Rural Communities (Grade 3)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
ESL Clay Mask 
ESL
Using a variety of hand-building techniques, students create their own 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures through form, pattern, and texture.
• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Create a mask which explores issues of identity and perspective within the students life
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Learn and practice six levels of ESL throughout the programme
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connexions:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
1-3
HALF DAY
ESL Discover The Waterfront Community
ESL, Urban Studies
Explore Toronto’s exciting (and growing) lakeside urban community!
• Consider the social and physical needs of residents in the area
• Observe the different ways people travel around an urban community and the wide range of occupations and service providers in the waterfront community
• Compare and distinguish features of urban and rural communities and investigate the interaction between the waterfront community and the environment
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to urban studies
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Social Studies: The Local Community (Grade 1)
Social Studies: Features of Communities (Grade 2)
Social Studies: Urban and Rural Communities (Grade 3)
K-3
HALF DAY
ESL Rod Puppets
ESL, In-School Programmes, Performing Arts
Calling all young puppeteers! Discover the history of rod puppets and puppet-making from around the world. Create a one-of-a-kind two faced Rod-Puppet using wooden spoons and a variety of materials like wool, buttons, feathers, and patterned fabrics.
• Students use their imagination to create facial expressions and personality in their puppet through a variety of materials
• Participate in puppetry activities involving movement, expression and sound, with their new puppet
• Use techniques of collage in creating their unique puppet
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with rod puppets
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
1-3
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
ESL The Artist Book: Hand Made Accordion Books
ESL, Literary and Book Arts
Grades 1 – 3 (half day)
Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers or Miss Lou’s Room Museum Experience
Using contemporary book artist methods, students create their own hand-bound book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.
• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Students design, construct, and decorate their own book using the accordion method
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with artist books
• Learn and practice five levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
English: Reading and writing (Grades 1 – 3)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3).
K-3
HALF DAY
ESL The Painted Face
ESL
In this programme students will learn the history of the painted face in hunting, ritual and celebration, finding inspiration in a myriad of world cultures and traditions. Using pattern, students will create their own self-portrait inspired by their own unique visual language.
• Experiment with a variety of painting techniques
• Learn to develop symbols and shapes to express individuality
• Discuss grade appropriate colour theory concepts and terminology
• Use a variety of mediums within on piece (markers, paint, pastel)
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with paint
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades K-3)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Education Afloat: On Water
Education Afloat
Anchors away! Students experience Toronto’s waterfront on an hour-long expedition through the Inner Harbour and island lagoons aboard a fully-enclosed, Coast Guard-approved vessel. Life jacket drill is conducted prior to departure. Teachers may choose from a variety of grade appropriate activities to complement the boat exploration. Primary and junior students focus on one of the following topics: Community (Grades 1 – 3) or Environment (grades 2 – 4). Intermediate and senior students study changing land usage and the natural and human impact on the waterfront environment. Call to discuss your options.
May & June only
Full day: includes On Water and On Land
Half day: includes either On Water or On Land
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Educational Afloat: On Land
Education Afloat
Choose any 2 options to make up your day:
OPTION 1: URBAN DISCOVERIES
Grades K – 3
Discover Toronto’s Waterfront Community
Grades 4 – 8
Toronto’s Waterfront An explorative walk of Toronto’s Waterfront as it pertains to the local history, geography or environment. (Choice of focus)
OPTION 2: VISUAL ARTS
Grades K – 4
Activity focused on aquatic habits, the needs of living things and adaptation.
Grades 5 – 8
Activity focused on human and natural environments.
OPTION 3: BOAT TOUR
Grades K – 8
K-8
Luminarium
HarbourKIDS
Your journey into the space, colour, light, and sound-drenched chambers and connecting tunnels of Architects of Air’s Luminarium explores an interactive landscape inspired by the beauty and natural geometry of architecture. Just imagine being inside a massive work of art so awesome the ooh’s and ahh’s will last a lifetime.
Register for a One Day Only School Visits exploration into the Luminarium on Friday October 5!!
K-3
HALF DAY
Rod Puppets
Performing Arts
Calling all young puppeteers! Discover the history of rod puppets and puppet-making from around the world. Create a one-of-a-kind two faced Rod-Puppet using wooden spoons and a variety of materials like wool, buttons, feathers, and patterned fabrics.
• Students will use their imagination to create facial expressions and personality in their puppet through a variety of materials
• Participate in puppetry activities involving movement, expression and sound
• Use techniques of collage in creating their unique puppet
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
K-4
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Something's fishy
Urban Studies
Offered in September – October & April – June
Learn about Lake Ontario fish species! Explore how and where they live and the challenges they face in their environment, and create a habitat in which native fish species can thrive!
• Create a multimedia fish habitat collage, building an ideal healthy living environment for a fish
• Explore the harbour area and learn about the fish that live in the lake, and the stresses that they encounter in their environment
• Visit the Spadina wetlands and a pike spawning area and learn why wetlands are important to the health and survival of our fishy friends (full day programme only)
Grades K-1 (half day)
Grades 2-4 (full day)
Curriculum connections:
Life Systems (Grades 1 – 4)
K-4
FULL DAY
StoryTelling Miss Lou's Room
Literary and Book Arts
Harbourfront Centre’s Large Studio “The Lookout” is now an interactive learning space renamed Miss Lou’s Room. It is a tribute to the famous Miss Lou affectionately called “Jamaica’s Folklore Ambassador”. Miss Lou was an educator, an actress, a dramatist, a storyteller, a poet and broadcaster. In this programme children will explore the museum, hear Miss Lou’s famous children's stories and learn the art of interactive engaged bookmaking.
• Explore the interactive museum, and learn the history of Miss Lou
• Hear Miss Lou's famous children's stories and participate in a story performed by our School Visits Educator
• Participate in circle games designed by Miss Lou that explore; rhythm, poetry, and spoken word
• Create an interactive engaged hand-made accordion book inspired by the Miss Lou legacy
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
English (Grades K – 4)
1-3
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
The Artist Book: Hand Made Accordion Books
Literary and Book Arts
Using contemporary book artist methods, students create their own hand-bound book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.
• See examples of contemporary artist books
• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Students design, construct, and decorate their own book using the accordion method
Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers or Miss Lou’s Room Museum Experience
Curriculum connections:
English: Reading and writing (Grades 1 – 3)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
K-3
HALF DAY
The Painted Face
Exploring Contemporary Art
In our new and improved painting programme students will learn the history of the painted face in hunting, ritual and celebration, finding inspiration in a myriad of world cultures and traditions. Using pattern, students will create their own self-portrait inspired by their own unique visual language.
• Experiment with a variety of painting techniques
• Learn to develop symbols and shapes to express individuality
• Discuss grade appropriate colour theory concepts and terminology
• Use a variety of mediums within on piece (markers, paint, pastel)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-3)
2-6
FULL DAY
Young Collograph Printmaking With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art
Visit the Museum of Inuit Art and see examples of Contemporary Inuit printmaking. Students explore the wonders of printmaking, including line, texture and pattern. Design and create a small series of prints to take home
• Examine prints made by Inuit artists
• Learn about the printmaking process, different ways of making prints, and vocabulary specific to printmaking
• Produce a small original series of coloured prints, inspired by the animals living in our city
Curriculum Connections:
Visual arts (Grades 2-6)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
