Capturing Creativity
Dale Chihuly (1941-present) developed passion for working with glass while he was studying to be an interior designer. He was required to take a weaving course and, as a class project, created an innovative tapestry incorporating glass. Soon afterward he “discovered”
I wrote last week about how watching adults at work provides children with wonderful learning opportunities. Unfortunately, despite my belief in mentorship, I have to admit that I tend to get in my own way in the implementation stage. Here are
I’ve been asked several times to share our art-history projects here, but I haven’t yet quite figured out how I want them to be organized. Rather than put it off any more I decided to just begin dumping information, and
We’ve all heard the phrase “You are what you eat,” but I think that “You are what you see” might be even more important to remember. Modeling is one of the fundamental methods of raising moral, social, and well-educated children.
This is a series on Multi-sensory Timelines. If you missed part 1, you may want to go back read the why behind this how-to: How Timelines Enhance Students’ Understanding ~*~ There are many versions of the typical history timeline. At one
History never quite made sense to me when I was a kid. Yes, I memorized “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” but I didn’t really know what 1492 meant. There were pilgrims involved. I was fairly sure of that.
Kids are funny little creatures. Ever tried to throw away a toy? Instantly it becomes their “faaavorite” and they can’t live without it. The opposite is also true. If you call even the most fun project with their favorite toys
Don’t you just love looking back at old photos? I was searching for a pic of our lake house when I stumbled on this old post from when my oldest was only 6: My mother in law recently read “The
We still need railings on the porch, but the tree-house is nearing completion!
School success: “Hey mom, if everything is made up of atoms, and atoms have electrons, and moving electrons are energy, is that what we use for power in our house?” School fail: Sitting down to do math with goggles and ear