CANVAS

2023.01.10
[Newsletter] CANVAS Newsletter No. 258 Published
遊びと学びのヒミツ基地 CANVAS

No. 258

Happy New Year! Happy New Year!

Release Date

2023

January 10

Written by CANVAS

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Happy New Year! We look forward to your continued support this year!

Registration is now open for the House Foods Group and CANVAS “Food × STEAM” workshop, “Let’s Draw with Spices”!

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The “Family First Aid Kit Project” presents “Family First Aid Kit Workshop”—registration is now open!

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Nanako Ishido appeared alongside Jungle Pocket and Yume and Raku—the younger siblings of Fuku Suzuki—on the Chukyo TV program “Try It Out Exhibition: I Tried Taking a Quiz at the ‘Learn with Your Body’ Amusement Park and It Was 10 Times More Fun,” which aired on December 24! “The ‘Let’s Try It!’ Exhibition: Learning Through Movement at the Amusement Park in Nagoya” is also currently running to great acclaim!

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index 01. Top Picks and Featured News!
02. CANVAS Blog Updates!
03.  List
of Media Coverage 04. Latest Event Information!

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01. Top Picks and Featured News!
Food × STEAM Workshop: “Let’s Draw with Spices”

 食×STEAM講座「スパイスで描こう」

A “Food × STEAM Workshop” co-hosted by House Foods Group Headquarters and CANVAS! We’ll be holding “Let’s Draw with Spices” with guest artist Ikuko Matsuo.
Do you know what spices look like in their natural state?
The “pigments” found in spices are the unique pigments inherent to the plants they come from.
The fascination of science lies hidden within those pigments!
We’re hosting a “painting” workshop where you’ll touch, smell, and explore the science of spices.

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Family Medicine Cabinet Workshop

 家族でつくる くすり箱ワークショップ

[January 15–21 is Disaster Prevention and Volunteer Week every year!]
Lulu’s “Family-Connecting Medicine Cabinet Project” is now a workshop!
Through the experience of making a wooden medicine cabinet, this program is designed to convey the importance of keeping a first-aid kit on hand—as well as Lulu’s philosophy—in a fun way. Please take
this opportunity to join us! We look forward to seeing you there.

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Kids Creative Institute in Takeshiba: January–March

 キッズクリエイティブ研究所in竹芝1-3月

It’s the highly popular Kids Creative Lab 3-Month Series! From exploring philosophy to creating games through programming, or even making marbles and figuring out how to stack them…!? We can’t wait to see how everyone’s discoveries and flashes of inspiration will spread throughout the lab!

Preschoolers >> Registration & Details
Elementary School Students >> Registration & Details

Secret Hideout at Home [Online] Jan–Mar

 うちのなかのひみつきち【オンライン】1-3月

This is the Kids Creative Lab’s online series, “Secret Hideout at Home,” a 3-month program! The setting for “Secret Hideout at Home” is right where you are right now. Try making sounds with fruits and vegetables, or take on the challenge of sewing using a needle, thread, and your ears?! Our goal is to enrich and transform everyone’s daily lives through these workshops and their own “exploration.”

Preschoolers >> Registration & Details
Elementary School Students >> Registration & Details

Kids Creative Lab in Takeshiba
STEAM Course: Measuring and Creating—January–March

キッズクリエイティブ研究所in竹芝STEAM講座 はかって、つくる

Just as you measure length and weight, have you ever measured electricity? Let’s take a close look at the invisible world of electricity using a digital multimeter (tester). Light up LEDs, build switches, make motors run… Create your own projects freely using the electronic circuits you’ve assembled yourself, along with a variety of materials and tools! You can participate in the entire series or just individual sessions!

Elementary and Middle School Students

>>Registration & Details

Kids Creative Lab at Takeshiba
STEAM Course: Advanced Level—Build Your Own Factory and Become a
Kawasaki Engineer!

キッズクリエイティブ研究所in竹芝STEAM講座・上級編

Do you know why factories need robots? The world of factories is something we rarely get to see in our daily lives. Their layouts and the robots working there hold incredible secrets of technology and efficiency… This project-based inquiry workshop is adapted from a class conducted by Kawasaki Heavy Industries at technical colleges, designed so that even elementary school students can enjoy it.

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A Museum Just for Kids—Exhibition of Objects, Materials, and Tools—

こどもだけのミュージアム‐もの・素材・道具展‐

Children are artists. Using the various materials and tools displayed at the “Museum Just for Kids,” they’ll freely create their own works. Artworks, materials in the making, the passage of time, and the movements they create—these are the essence of this museum. What kinds of things will you encounter today? What can you create…? No matter how often you visit, this is a space for play and learning that sparks that sense of excitement every time.

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ARK HILLS KIDS COMMUNITY “GREEN WORKSHOP” 2022

ARK HILLS KIDS COMMUNITY 「GREEN WORKSHOP 」2022年度

The Green Workshop (GREEN WORKSHOP) uses the rich natural environment of Ark Garden as its playground.Supervision is provided by Ms. Akemi Sugii, a dedicated gardener at Ark Garden, and CANVAS, the program fosters children’s vibrant senses, creativity, and rich sensibilities through activities that involve playing with, learning from, and nurturing nature throughout the four seasons.

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"Let’s Try It" Exhibition: A Playground for Learning Through the Body in Nagoya

やってみた展 カラダで学ぶ遊園地in名古屋

“Experiencing” is “learning”! A wide variety of “Let’s Try It” experiences—packed with learning amidst the fun—are gathered at the Nagoya City Science Museum. Try flying a drone, see through animals, or even become a work of art yourself…!? Advance tickets are now on sale!

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Collect “Rough & Peace” Mother Keywords
to Win Prizes!
Resident Comedians’ Online Social Studies Field Trip ~ Southeast Asia Edition ~

 住みます芸人オンライン社会科見学 ~東南アジア編~

We’re hosting an “Online Social Studies Field Trip” where you can learn about food, culture, and more from the comfort of your own home alongside Yoshimoto comedians living in various regions. Not only is it fun to participate and learn, but the content is also packed with knowledge useful for junior high school entrance exams, so it’s highly recommended even for kids who say, “Geography is just memorization—it’s boring and I’m not good at it!”

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– Lectures, Appearances, and Other Information –

Nanako Ishido appeared on the Chukyo TV program “The ‘Let’s Try It’ Exhibition: Learning Through Your Body—Taking a Quiz at an Amusement Park Made It 10 Times More Fun,” which aired on December 24, alongside Jungle Pocket and Yume-chan and Raku-kun, the younger siblings of Fuku Suzuki. >>Details

Nanako Ishido has been appointed to the Selection Committee for the National Personnel Authority President’s Award.

Nanako Ishido served as a judge for the Wakayama Prefecture “Kinokuni ICT Programming Contest.” >>Details

Nanako Ishido served as the supervisor for the programming section of the monthly magazine “Wonderland.”

The Korean edition of the book *Computer & Programming Character Encyclopedia*, with supervision by Nanako Ishido, has been published. >>Details     

02. CANVAS-Related Blog Updates!

★ Nanako Ishido’s blog has been updated!
https://creativekids.jp/nanako/

03. List of Media Coverage

12. February issue of Dream Navi: Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of CANVAS

04. Latest Event Information!

Below is information on January events. The CANVAS website is packed with information on workshops and events nationwide!
Be sure to check it out!

http://canvas.ws/workshop *Please contact the organizers of each event directly for details.

<Let’s Try It! Fun Water Experiments> Investigate the Mysterious Substance “Ubreck”! ~What Do Scientists Do?~
https://canvas.ws/ws-info/28588 
<Career Workshops with Professionals> Let’s Make Water on a Deserted Island! Adventurous Boys and Girls!
https://canvas.ws/ws-info/28585
Parent-Child Pottery Event: Making “Hina Dolls”
https://canvas.ws/ws-info/28559
“Let’s Live on the Moon, Let’s Play on the Moon: A Wonderland with 1/6 Gravity” Exhibition Opening Session: “Let’s Imagine Life on the Moon”
https://canvas.ws/ws-info/28427
Paint with Your Whole Body! Parent-Child FREELY☆ [February / Ages 2–3 / Azabu-Juban]
https://canvas.ws/ws-info/28555


CANVAS is always accepting event information from organizers and related parties, with a focus on children’s creativity and self-expression.
Submit your event here
:https://canvas.ws/workshop

CANVAS MAIL MAGAZINE Issue 258 / Distribution Date: January 10, 2023
Publisher: CANVAS
Publisher: Nanako Ishido / Editor: Ayumi Mochizuki

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