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Looking Forward to Grace and Beauty
The building where I had my workshop for DCPS is, to put it mildly, depressing. It seems empty, until you peek in the small windows of the old classrooms and see people working away in their cubicles....
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Thinking about Painting
“I want them to paint as an individual choice.” “I want them to explore without having support or supervision.” “I want to be comfortable letting kids go.” “I want to increase their independence in...
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Sgraffito: A New and Ancient Technique
When Valerie introduced herself to the group at my workshop “Clay as a Tool for Thinking and Learning,” she said she was “not creative,” and had “no experience with clay.” In the workshop we learned...
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You know what my two sons said about the first week of school? Middle Schooler: “Ugh, enough of this get-to-know-you stuff. I am only learning something in my Chinese class, he’s the only one who’s...
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Drawing Choices
So many choices! At St. John’s, we are researching, studying, and re-thinking, drawing. It is complex to make choices about materials. I am overwhelmed with possibilities as I stare into our fantastic...
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Drawing is Fun
Last week in the garden at Miner Elementary School in Washington, D.C., children found a baby ear of corn on the ground near the stalk. Fascinated by this “baby,” children were excited by an invitation...
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I think one of the reasons children don’t often revisit their drawings–go back to them and spend time on them, make revisions and edits–is because they are not articulating the problems in the drawing....
View ArticleGuiding Guided Play
Well, it never made it into the editorials in the NY Times, but here is my response to Gina Bellafante’s article, “Guiding Guided Play.” The merits of progressive education may be beneficial to less...
View ArticleOn being human
You know why I love the Reggio Philosophy? Because it helps me become a better human being.
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Sunshine in my eyes
After a very cold winter here in D.C., Rock Creek Park was teeming with humans soaking up the first rays of spring. Bouncing off the white snow, the warm sun blinded. A father with a wailing newborn...
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