[this blog post is a follow-up response to the Twitter exchange with Van Schoales posted below] Hi Van. Although I’ve admired your work for years, you and I have never met, which means that we don’t have a relationship to lean into. Seth Godin reminds me that...
Autumn art inspirationAutumn art inspirationArt & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Alan Kane, Early Years, Forest School, free play, leaf art, leaves, natural play, nature, outdoor art, outdoor art ks1, outdoor art ks2Read More...
A trap I fell into while working on socio-emotional skills with my students was ONLY focusing on the social component. I knew that emotional intelligence is an important skill to foster in children: it helps us to better understand ourselves as we move through our daily...
Google Drive has long let you receive email and desktop notifications for edits and comments to your shared Google Docs. Unfortunately, it was an "all or nothing" setting. In other words, you could either receive notifications or not receive notifications for all documents. Recently, Google...
Last week I shared five suggestions for things that students can explain with simple animations. This week I have five more ideas to share with you. But first I'd like to remind you that creating simple animations to illustrate understanding of concepts can be done...
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven gets read a lot in schools at this time of year. Why you should read Poe's work is explained in one of the Halloween-themed TED-Ed lessons that I shared a few days ago. What's not explained in those lessons is...
The internet is full of websites on which you can make little icons and avatars. What it's not full of is free sites for that purpose that aren't littered with pop-up ads and similar annoyances. That's why I was happy to find Mustachio. Mustachio is...
Autumn is a great time for leaf explosions!Autumn is a great time for leaf explosions!Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, art, Autumn, autumn art, expressive arts, leaf art, leaf art activities, leaves, outdoor artRead More...
