Clay, Play, Read at Kensington Community Food Co-op

August 2022

Join us for a special back-to-school edition of Clay, Play, Read at The Kensington Community Food Co-op!

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2670 Coral St, Philadelphia, PA 19125

  • Tuesday, August 16

    • Book: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

      Join teaching artists Frankie Reyes and Abby O’Brien for storytime and art project to create your own clay animal!

  • Wednesday, August 24

    • Book: The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler

      Go on a journey through the eyes of the snail and whale with interactive storyteller, Thembi Palmer of Imagine More Story Adventures! Create your own clay world with Teaching artists Adrienne Justice and Kayla Johnson!

  • Friday, August 26

    • Books: I Have an Idea by Hervé Tullet and Chalk by Bill Thomson

      Explore your own imagination and artistic ideas through clay and collaborative drawing with teaching artists Frankie Reyes, Kayla Johnson, and Adrienne Justice.

  • Saturday, August 27

    • Books: Saturday by Oge Mora and Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

      Create paper collages and clay picture frames about memories and people you love with teaching artists Frankie Reyes and Adrienne Justice.

All sessions start at 10:00 am

Sign up for Clay, Play, Read @ KCFC

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Please complete this form to register for Clay, Play, Read at Kensington Community Food Co-op. You can also register by calling 215.925.7774 x.117 or emailing claymobile@theclaystudio.org.

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Play Pages

Chalk - Play Page - English Chalk - Play Page - Spanish A Beach Tail - Play Page - English A Beach Tail - Play Page - Spanish Green is a Chile Pepper - Play Page - English Green is a Chile Pepper - Play Page - Spanish Anywhere Farm - Play Page - English Anywhere Farm - Play Page - Spanish Call Me Tree - Play Page - English Call Me Tree - Play Page - Spanish Call Me Tree - Book Reading Many Shapes of Clay - Play Page - English Many Shapes of Clay - Play Page - Spanish

Additional Resources

Library card application (English) Solicitud de la tarjeta de la biblioteca (Spanish)

Program Partners

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Informal Learning Initiative

Lead support for this program is supported by the William Penn Foundation.

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Free Library of Philadelphia

The Clay Studio has partnered with the Cecil B. Moore and Kensington branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia for Clay, Play, Read programming.

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Community Partners

Additional support for programming has been provided by the Alston-Beech Foundation, Speedball, Amaco, and Franny Lou's Porch.

Program Partners

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Project Innovation

The Clay Studio is a winner of The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation’s 2021 Project Innovation Grant Challenge for non-profits that are strengthening communities through innovative solutions.

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