Labor Day Art Projects
Labor Day is celebrated in the United States on the first Monday of September, in honor of the American worker and the labor movement. Unlike most other countries, it does not coincide with May Day and marks the end of summer holidays. Parades, picnics, barbecues and public art events are some of the ways Labor Day is usually celebrated, hence, it is an opportunity to be involved in art projects with your friends or family, or to give your children some informal lessons on work ethic and labor history.
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Draw Your Parents at Work
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All kids know their parents' occupation, but few fully understand what their mom or dad do for a living. An easy way to help them find out is to help them put their perceptions on paper. Ask kids to draw their parents wearing their work attire and holding a tool of their job. Furthermore, you may create teams of children whose parents' jobs are related and let them draw a picture together.
Puppet Show
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Funny or stressful situations in the work environment, or past events of the labor movement, such as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, can become the scenario for puppet shows by children, for children. It can be a classroom sketch or a backyard show. Whatever the setting, it can be an opportunity to learn about jobs and the history of labor. The shows can revolve around a teacher who has difficulty coping with naughty pupils, policemen trying to find a criminal, or workers who don't work under dangerous conditions and after being ignored, eventually go on strike.
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Job Russian Dolls
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All professions are connected in one way or another, as they all influence a community. Children can depict this connection by creating Russian stacking dolls. Have them draw a person in professional attire on a blank paper and then roll it, in order to have it stand upright. The inner dolls must have a smaller diameter, to be placed inside the first one. For example, a lawyer can be the biggest rolled paper. Pulling him away will reveal a secretary who helps him. Pulling her away as well, a builder who helped build the firm's offices will be found.
Vehicles at Work
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Ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, taxis and many other vehicles are essential in certain professions. Children will learn more about them and their importance when you ask them to create one out of a cardboard box. It can also be an opportunity for a discussion on the specific features that only these vehicles contain and how they're integral to the proper functioning of city services.
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