For Your Binder

Learning to blur the boundaries between facilitating and instigating in an attempt to define how to teach, without teaching. #art #creativity #teaching #learning

Are the walls influencing learning? #environment #teaching #learning #art #creativity

Creative thinking is critical for progress and for survival. How is it fostered?  #art #creativity #play #teaching #resilience #DAP

It's the process NOT the product! Stop with the craptivities already!!! #handouts #art #creativity #teaching

Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool  

The art of making a space for the playfulness and messiness of teaching requires courage and letting go! #learning #teaching #creativity #art

Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit.  #play #teaching #learning #creativity

In 1996 a fantastic editorial by Mary Renck Jalongo entitled, Why cute is STILL a four letter word appeared in Early Childhood Education Journal Vol 24 Issue 2.  I have a few copies of copies of copies of old copies but can't find an online link.  So until we scan it into the resources for you, watch this 17 minute TedTalk with Sarah Curtis!  Cheers! #art #creativity #play #teaching #learning

This link provides two excerpts from Rhoda Kellogg's book, Analyzing Children's Art as well as six related resources, also by Kellogg. #art #creativity #scribbling

Here for you is a scan of the full article from 1996! Play #art #creativity #teaching #learning #DAP

You don't solve oil spills with multiple choice answers! The future favors the flexible! #play #resilience #teaching #learning #creativity

Disclosure: Depending on how often you find yourself on The Atlantic you might (or might not) need to start a free subscription to access this one. 

From the opening, "art is an essential experience for children but it is one that is often hijacked by adults..."  YES YES YES! and, I'd add, not only hijacked, but then folded, spindled and mutilated into a craptivity that does nothing for a child's developing creativity! This one is essential for the #create section of your binder! #art #process #creativity

For very young children, art and early writing skills are one and the same. But this changes over time! This article provides an easy to read overview of the early stages of writing and scribbling.  It also provides user friendly trips on how to encourage creativity while at the same time assisting children in learning that words are powerful and have meaning! #reading #writing #DAP #scribbling #creativity #teaching #learning