Make it your own

This school year I've been running therapeutic art classes for severely emotionally disturbed kids grades 1st-8th and some of the projects we've done need to be shared. Recently I had them work on destroying a map of the city and making it their own by adding stickers or drawings or just trimming roads or neighborhoods off the map. This was a fun and super cheap project because I pick up the tourist maps that are all over the city for free and anything involving destruction=fun.

My version of San Francisco creates serious traffic delays.

Skills kids work on while engaging with this activity are:

• self expression
• fine motor skills
• self direction
• spacial reasoning
• perception 
• memory skills

Supplies that help to have on hand in addition to a map:

• markers
• stickers
• glue
• glitter
• magazines
• string
• scissors