Tiny Tree Sign, London Plane

In New York City many trees have labels on them. So, when I saw this tree and thought, "Wow, that is a VERY beautiful tree. I wonder what kind of tree it is!" I was able to walk over and read the sign... It's a London Plane tree.

1. Can you read the sign?
2. Have you seen a tree that looks like this?
3. How many rectangles can you count in the photograph?

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Neon Shoe Repair & While U Wait Shoe Shine Sign

We love neon signs!

1. What do you think this sign means?
2. Point to the word "shine."
3. How do you spell"shoe."

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Handmade Hazard Halloween Warning Signage

Happy Halloween from NYC! Here is a handmade hazardous barrier sign. This is a great way to remind people to be safe but we have to remember to make safe decisions while tricking or treating tonight. Even when there aren't bright orange signs to remind us!

1. How many different kinds of barriers do you see in the picture?
2. How many cars do you see in the street?
3. How many people do you see on the sidewalk?

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Fulton Street Subway Train

Here is an image of a train zooming in to the station.

1. Why is the train blurry?
2. What numbers do you see?
3. What does the blue square mean?

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Mogwai Awning

This is the Mogwai Awning and while it is awesome (you might have to ask your parents or grandparents why it's awesome) –It's also phony! This sign is in a backlot in Hollywood, California. Backlots are where they make a lot of movies. Just to the right of this picture is where Randall Peltzer walked down the stairs and into film legend.

1. I spy with my little eye, numbers.
   Can you point to them and tell me what they are?
2. Do you see the word "shop,"
   can you say the letters that make the word?
3. Do you know what "curio" means?
   It is short for "curiosity" or "curious."
   So this would be a store that has mysterious items that you would be curious about.
4. What sorts of things would you like to find in a Curio Shop?
5. What are you curious about?

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Bike Lane

This is a sign that's painted on the street. It marks where the Bike Lane is so that cyclists know where to go, car-drivers will know where they'll be, and everybody stays safe.

1. What does this look like to you?
2. How many other signs do you see in the photograph, what color are they?
3. How many vehicles do you see in the picture?

Bicycles are fun to draw and this is a very cool way to draw one. I know that you can imagine some wonderful ways to draw a bicycle too so let's get our art supplies ready and start drawing some!

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Neon Shoe Repair & Shine Sign

This sign is for a shoe repair shop. These places aren't very common because, these days, most of our shoes are disposable. But when your favorite shoes get messed-up this is where you can go to find out if they can be fixed.

1.  Do you see a shoe? What color is the shoe?
2. Now point to the word "shoe." Nice work, there it is :)
   What letters make the word "shoe?"
3. What else do you see in the photograph?
4. I spy with my little eye, an ampersand. Can you point to the ampersand?
   Very good, there it is! Do you know what it means? Great, it means "and."

Let's practice drawing ampersands today! And I really want to draw that shoe, too.

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