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Artful Activities

for Early Learners


These activities for children ages four and Make your own emoji
up can be done with teachers, parents, and
caregivers at home or in a classroom. Suggested materials: printouts of the two
grids below, scissors

Learn 1. Print out the two grids below. If you


don’t have a printer, watch this video to
You are looking at emoji designed by find out how you can make your own
Shigetaka Kurita. The term emoji comes (https://bit.ly/3iX70dC)
from the designer’s native language, 2. Make tiles by cutting out the squares of
Japanese: e means “picture” and moji the grid with white lines. Use the grid
means “character.” Emoji were made as a with black lines for your background.
way for people to quickly communicate on 3. Move the tiles around on the grid to
the phone and show each other how they create emoji. You can take inspiration
are feeling. For example, a smiley face can from existing emoji or make something
express happiness. that’s completely your own.
4. Use your grid and tiles to create an
emoji every day that shows how you are
Look closely feeling. For example, a smiling face, a
frown, a thumbs up, or a thumbs down.
- Can you find emoji that might show you are If your mood changes throughout the
sad? day, you can change your emoji. Share
- Which emoji would you choose to tell your emoji with a friend or a family
someone you love them? member to let them know how you are
- How could you show that you are excited? feeling.
- What other emoji can you find? What do
they represent?

Volkswagen of America is proud to be MoMA’s lead Shigetaka Kurita. Emoji. 1998–99. Manufacturer NTT
partner of education. DOCOMO, Inc. Digital image. Gift of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. ©
2020 NTT DOCOMO
Family Programs are made possible by the Samuel
and Ronnie Heyman Family Endowment Fund.

Generous funding is provided by Brett and Daniel


Sundheim. Additional support is provided by the
Annual Education Fund.

School and Teacher Programs are generously supported


by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Education Program
Endowment, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment
Fund, and the Mimi and Peter Haas Endowment Fund
for Elementary School Programs.

Additional funding is provided by the Ducommun


and Gross Family Foundation and by the Annual
Education Fund.

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