“Kids are born curious. Period…. If you’re a child, you are curious about your environment. You’re overturning rocks. You’re plucking leaves off of trees and petals off of flowers, looking inside, and you’re doing things that create disorder in the lives of the adults around you. And so then so what do adults do? […]
“Embracing a limitation can actually drive creativity.” “Could you become more creative by looking for limitations?” “We need at first to be limited to be limitless.” This is a really cool talk on so many levels. Phil Hansen talks about the art making process, breaking through a creative slump, and embracing the shake and […]
I’ve been greatly influenced by both Montessori and Reggio Emilia philosophies in which we are encouraged to “follow the child” and explore using “the hundred languages of children“. This is where this next exploration came from: V’s interest in working on a project and exploring it through different materials. A few weeks ago V was telling […]
While watching the CBC News tonight I saw this feature on Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy. Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We’re a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. We are hearing a lot about how the education […]
This is where you can watch the simultaneous space to earth concert for Music Monday. So excited. What a great way to draw attention and excitement toward something so important: the importance of music in our schools and in our communities.
Have you seen this music video? I didn’t quite understand at first that this was truly a live performance from space even though they show the guitar pick floating from weightlessness! This video published earlier this year features the first space-to-earth musical collaboration with Chris Hadfield, commander of the International Space Station, singing along with […]
With all of the discussion around how much screen time children should or shouldn’t be getting and with it being Screen Free Week, I was intrigued when I came across this online game with the goal of engaging students in practicing decision making with the focus on ethical issues and solving moral dilemmas. The question […]
Nothing. Sometimes it’s true, it’s best to do nothing. Don’t plan a play date, don’t set up an activity or schedule an outing. Scheduling free time for unstructured play is one of the best things you can do. The beauty of allowing free time for unstructured play for your children is you never know what […]
Did you write short stories as a child? Do you write them anymore? If not, why not? Writing is a powerfully liberating experience. One that allows you to express yourself, express an experience real or imagined and/or share a story. Writing, creative writing, makes me a little nervous, I’ll admit. But when you allow yourself […]
I’m all about options and looking at things from different angles and perspectives. This is why when I saw this Ted talk by Raghava KK, it awakened an important realization for me in my quest to learn about ways to nurture creativity. The following statement (a screen capture) from Raghava’s talk, says it all: Looking […]