We extend our heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the Heisei 28 Kumamoto Earthquake. We pray that you will be able to return to your normal lives as soon as possible.

In this month’s Newsletter and on the CANVAS website, we’re featuring information on Golden Week workshops and events across Japan, including Tokyo, Hyogo, Hiroshima, and Aomori! Please check them out as you plan your outings.

http://canvas.ws/tag/gw

CANVAS Magazine: “Children and Architecture” Series Begins in the Children’s Media Lab Archive #02! We present a talk archive featuring Taku Hibino of “Hibino Design + Children’s Castle,” an architectural firm specializing in facilities for young children.

http://canvas.ws/magazine

Since its founding in 2002, CANVAS has been dedicated to creating spaces for children’s creative learning. To support this mission, we’ve launched the “10 Ways to Create” page, which outlines CANVAS’s core principles, along with our “Workshop Programs” page featuring over 300 types of workshops designed to help children “feel, think, create, and communicate.”

“10 Ways to Create”

http://canvas.ws/10notsukuru/

“CANVAS Workshop Programs”

http://canvas.ws/program/

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

We’ll also be sharing the latest updates on Facebook and Twitter as they come in!
We’d love it if you “Like” or “Retweet” us♪

* This monthly Newsletter is sent to those interested in CANVAS’s activities.

“A Day In The Market” tells the story of a little girl going shopping at a Philippine market with her mother for the first time.The interactive features—where the illustrations magically come to life when you tap the screen—are a must-see. In addition to a story you can read aloud just like a picture book, there are sound effects and cooking games. Please enjoy “A Day in the Market,” which packs the fun world of the Philippines into a single Digital Ehon.

http://digitalehon.net/archives/category/news

“ARK HILLS KIDS COMMUNITY BASE” is a project that provides children with enriching experiences that shape their future and fosters a network of adults who support them.As part of “Let’s Play with Trees, Let’s Think About the Forest with more trees,” we will hold a storytime session featuring the kamishibai “I’m Looking Around,” which explores the connection between Japan’s forests and people, as well as a character-making workshop.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9397

Sports that everyone from kids to adults can enjoy! We’re hosting the Science Museum’s “Science Slam! Grand Sports Festival” again this year! The event is packed with activities—from crafts and experiments exploring the motion of objects to the science behind making things and sports! Be sure to come enjoy Golden Week at the Toshiba Museum of Future Science.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9594

Calling all middle and high school students! Let’s make Twitter more fun and safer. Come create a short video at the Twitter office! Depending on how you use it, Twitter can be a canvas for self-expression or a gateway to the world—but sometimes it can also hurt people. Let’s think together about how to use Twitter—the tool you all have in your hands right now—in ways that are more fun and more comfortable.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/8611

Touch Develop is a programming language developed by Microsoft Research that enables app development and more. You can program using touch controls on your smartphone, and anyone can use it for free. Let’s create your very own project using your smartphone’s camera and various sensors!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9548

The “MIRAI DRIVE PROJECT” aims to realize a safe, secure, and prosperous society of the future by leveraging the power of technology to make safe driving visible. For this workshop, under the theme of “Making School Life Safer and More Fun!”, participants will use MESH—a tool that lets anyone become an inventor—to create projects that solve challenges in school life.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9590

This is a monthly workshop series held at COSUGI COBO, a community workshop in Musashi-Kosugi. We offer programs that foster imagination and creativity through a variety of hands-on experiences!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/7703

Children are artists. Using the various materials and tools displayed at the “Museum Just for Kids,” they create freely.Artworks, objects before they become artworks, the passage of time, and the movements they inspire—these are the essence of this museum. What will you discover today? What will you be able to do…? No matter when or how often you visit, this is a space for play and learning that sparks that sense of excitement every time.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/855

enchantMOON is a piece of hardware equipped with a proprietary OS specialized for handwritten notes, developed and provided by UEI Co., Ltd.We’re hosting a training session for adults featuring Ryo Shimizu, the developer of enchantMOON, which is increasingly being used in children’s workshops. This session is primarily aimed at educators and anyone interested in conducting workshops. Beginners in programming are more than welcome!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9507

We are hosting an exhibition of works by picture book author Yuichi Kimura—creator of numerous series such as *On a Stormy Night* (Kodansha) and *Baby’s Play Picture Book* (Kaiseisha)—at “amu” in Ebisu, Tokyo.Screenings and talk shows are also scheduled during the exhibition period.

http://www.a-m-u.jp/event/201605_kimurayuuichi.html/

Gather at the University of Tokyo for three days during summer vacation to create clay animations! Aimed at children in the lower grades of elementary school, this program allows participants to create their own works while experiencing the full process of clay animation production, including sculpting, stop-motion filming, scriptwriting, voice recording, and editing.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9681

Gather at the University of Tokyo for three days during summer vacation and create clay animations! Designed for upper elementary school students, this program allows participants to create their own works while experiencing the full process of clay animation production—including sculpting, stop-motion filming, scriptwriting, voice recording, and editing.They’ll also learn the principles of animation and explore the mechanics of animation—and the “why” behind it—on their own.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/9682

Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of CANVAS, will serve as a judge for the 2016 Good Design Awards.

http://www.g-mark.org/guide/2016/guide2.html#guide2-6

“FabLearn Asia 2015”

http://canvas.ws/project/fablearn-asia-2015

“The World Expands Through Digital Ehon” Exhibition (Children’s Science Center HachiLab)

http://canvas.ws/project/digitalehon_sekaiten02

The final report for the project “ICT Dream School Practical Model: Implementing Programming Education and Digital Making Education”—for which CANVAS provided planning assistance and implementation support—has been published.

http://canvas.ws/news/9481

An event report for the “Benesse Educational Research Institute Symposium,” at which Chairman Ishido spoke on Sunday, March 6, has been published.

http://canvas.ws/news/9803

We have posted photos and works from the April “Kids Creative Institute” sessions (held at Digital Hollywood, the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus, and the Daikanyama Children’s Museum).

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/

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

・Nikkei Shimbun: “The World Expands Through Digital Ehon” Exhibition and Digital Ehon Awards

Click here for details

Below is event information for Golden Week through May. The CANVAS website is also packed with
other event information! Be sure to check it out!

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

GWスペシャルイベント キッズ☆アニマルカーニバル 〜わくわく動物大集合！〜

つくって・あそんで・かんがえる こどもアトリエ

明治座アートトリエンナーレ/ワークショップ「加子母明治座の灯り」

〜こどもの日〜 かしわもちを作ろう！

スーパーサイエンスキッズ・アカデミー2016年度2学期

プログラミングワークショップ｢英語とプログラミング｣

第2回「がようしラボ」ワークショップ「画用紙じゃない！？」

★ビスケット祭り！★ ビジュアルプログラミング”ビスケット”の作品をドームシアターで動かそう！

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
:
>>http://canvas.ws/workshop

☆CANVAS is always looking for individuals and organizations to become supporting members.
Supporting members are individuals or organizations who agree with the objectives of the NPO CANVAS and are willing to pay the membership fee.
How to Apply: Please contact the CANVAS Secretariat first.
http://canvas.ws/player

CANVAS MAIL MAGAZINE Issue 176 / Distribution Date: April 25
, 2016
Publisher: CANVAS
, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Publisher: Nanako Ishido / Editors: Rie Furuhata, Ayumi Mochizuki

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