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Arts Integration: Do I need to be an artist?
Are you interested in arts integration but worried that you’re not good enough to do it? I was too, and I suppose to an extent I still am. Many educators might reject the idea of arts integration due...
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Saturday Links
Oh, finals week(s). Alas, I’ve been spending so much time developing units and lesson plans around scientific inquiry, as well as papers about teaching strategies and case studies that I haven’t had...
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Rats in the classroom!?
I’ve seen plenty of hamsters as classroom pets, but none of my elementary school teachers were ever that enthusiastic about rats. While rats might be growing in popularity, I’d like to add my voice to...
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Saturday Links
And I’m back at my Dad’s house again. Xavier, who will be six in January, has been more than keeping me occupied, but I’m enjoying his company. He’s definitely not a baby anymore! Last night he...
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New Year’s Resolutions: 2012 Edition
2012 is going to be a big year for me. In January, I’m starting my student teaching. In May, I’ll be graduating from college. During the summer, I hope to make some money and figure out where I’ll...
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Where Did My Creativity Go?
Lately, I’ve been drawing quite a bit. I enjoy it, it feels productive, and people see my work and tell me how creative I am. Wait. Creative? Yesterday I worked on a drawing of a cardinal that I...
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(Not) Saturday Links
There will be no Saturday Links post today. Why? I think my standards for articles online have increased, honestly. When I started this just a few months ago, I thought everything I read was...
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Three weeks of Kindergarten
It’s been over four weeks since I last posted, and I apologize profusely. I started student teaching three weeks ago, and it has wiped me out. Like, “I want to go to bed but it’s only 6:30pm.”...
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Features of my Imaginary Classroom
I don’t have my own classroom. But since I started student teaching, I’ve been compiling a mental list of things that I’d have in my classroom… if I had one. No, not “if.” When–because I will. I...
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Arts Integration: New Perspectives
Art is hard. Teaching art is hard, making art is hard, and finding time to integrate art is even harder. I’ve just spent twelve weeks in a second grade classroom, and I now can see the challenges...
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Art Project: Zentangle
In recent years, I’ve been hearing and seeing a lot about Zentangle, “an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” Some arts educators had begun...
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Art Project: Painted Salt Dough
I’d wager that most–if not all–teachers in early childhood education have made play dough before. There’s hundreds of different recipes out there, some of which include ingredients like cream of...
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