The "Rainbow Elephant" Project
A series of Fun and Magical Story Time Specials for children that are both entertaining and educational...
The Rainbow Elephant project is an amazing initiative that was started by the volunteer members of Imaducation Inc several years ago and has now become a yearly event at the Sydney Children’s Hospital. Every school holidays new and exciting workshops, activities, theatre performances and concerts are being conducted for the kids at the hospital who are too unwell to go out and enjoy the school breaks. In the past, Imaducation Inc has carried out activities such as the Origami Making Workshop, Greek Mythology, Who is Afraid of William Shakespeare, Arts and Crafts, Dr Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham Interactive Play Performance, Violin Concert for Kids and many more. If you would like to donate to this cause please visit our donations page or if you wish to find out how else you can help us with this project please email us: info@imaducation.org.au.
"Magical Mythology"
Story Time Special on Aesop's Fables.
• Several Aesop's Fables will be re-told in a child-relevant context
• Role-playing
• Introduction to Greek artefacts
• Arts and crafts activities
• General discussion and question time
Presented by Dr Panayiotis Diamadis.
(Ages 5 - 11)
"Mysteries of Ancient Egypt"
Story Time Special on Myths and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
• Stories based on Egyptian Mythology
• Learning how to write your name in Egyptian hieroglyphics
• Costume making and role-playing
• Participating in a real archaeological digs
Presented by Dr Jillian Workman.
(Ages 5 - 11)
"Who is Afraid of William Shakespeare"
Classical Literature Special on Shakespeare.
Are you afraid of Shakespeare? Why? You need not be!!! Come along and find out more about the man, his life, his work and the many myths about him.
• Overview of the famous works of Shakespeare and the life of the man himself. Interesting, not very well-known facts about his life.
• Demystifying Shakespearian language
• Costume design, discussion about costumes in historical context
• Role-playing, assuming roles of different characters from various Shakespearian plays
• General discussion and question time
Presented by Des Sinovich - A former Shakespearian victim or a born-again Shakespeare fan.
(Ages 12 - 14 and 15 - 18)
"Welcome to Artland"
Art workshop. Presented by Nicole Ireland.
Children have an innate ability to be creative and questioning, and it is through practical clay building activities that their imagination will be explored in the creation of under-the-sea creatures.
Using illustrations from Graeme Base's The Sign of the Seahorse , children will develop their own creature which lives under the sea.
Objectives of this activity are -
Providing opportunities for children to:
• Use a colour illustration to help you make your own original sea creature
• Learn how to form clay with your hands from a chunk of clay.
• Learn to build on a clay structure
• Learn to make a small pinch pot
• Learn to roll clay coils and add to a mass of clay
(Ages 5 - 12)
"Once upon a time…"
Reading Time Specials: interactive readings of children's books. Discover the magic of reading!
Part 1: "Who is Hungry for Green Eggs and Ham?" - Interactive reading of Dr Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham".
PHOTOGRAPHS - Rainbow Elephant visits children at the Sydney Children's Hospital
(Ages 2 - 5)
Proudly supported by Telstra Foundation
