project:
power project logo
purpose:
begin to combine image and text
brainstorm ideas for an actual power project logo
materials:
blank paper
pencils
logo coloring sheets
(really easy to make... just live trace with outlines)
logo examples
serif/sans serif signs
"voting sheet" for power project fonts
concepts/skills:
defining "logo"
recognizing logos around us
serif/san serif (again)
selecting appropriate type
making a thumbnail sketch to describe a word
examples:
a test to the power of a logo? all we had to do was show the kids a piece of paper with the mcdonald's golden arches on it and they went crazy. we didn't even have any mcdonald's with us...
products:
brainstorming sheets
coloring sheets (good to have for the little ones to work on, and something to hand a kid that finishes early.)