Questions to Ask About Art: Engaging with Your Child’s Artwork
Initial Interaction When your child (or student) comes to you with a picture she has just drawn, it’s a great moment to consider questions to
Initial Interaction When your child (or student) comes to you with a picture she has just drawn, it’s a great moment to consider questions to
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky Mistakes are the portals of discovery. -James Joyce A life spent making mistakes is not
Tristan, Alex, Lucy, and Kayla really needs to sit near the front, if you want them to focus. You can’t put Ashley next to
Remember this book? It first came out in 1990 and inspired countless teachers to have their students make their own Really Long Lists of things
You can have a lot of spun with foonerisms. Kids love to stead rories with spoonerisms. They are also a wood gray to get kids
You are at a restaurant waiting for the food to come, and your kids are…shall we say, a little squirrely. Here are some games to
I found this great Heart Maps project at Creative Literacy. I love this project because: It is such a clear, graphic representation of what is
mail ~ shoe ~ lunch What do these three words have in common? TriBonds or, as it is sometimes called, the Game of Threes is
This is a great activity for flexible thinking, as kids must let go of their own ideas, to some extent, and work with their classmates’
Watching a movie after reading the book is a wonderful way to encourage students to think critically about how each medium presented roughly the same
Here is a fun game for practicing symmetry. The game can be played in pairs or as a whole class, and it’s based on the
The story below is about a third grader presenting her independent project to the class: “Ummmm, I don’t really know why that picture is there.
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