A song about education and relationship on the screen in this pandemic.
Here are the promised handouts from sessions at the ELSA 2019 conference in March. Please download as you need. Thanks for attending the conference. It was my pleasure to be there. Stuart singing the words handout beyond nice handout tableau handout
As part of the residency mentioned in my previous post, we’ve now written the words and learned five songs about butterflies. One is Butterfly Wishes by Sarah Pirtle. I’m not including that here. One is adapted from Butterfly Dance by Joanie Calem. The other three are Butterflies, Long Way Down to Mexico, and Changes in …
Windsor Elementary School, 5 minutes from where I live, is embarking on an arts integrated residency exploring connections between monarch butterflies, journeys, metamorphosis in all of us, and creativity. My wife Heather Terrill Stotts did the sizable leg work to make this happen. She teaches second grade and is also a driving force in bringing …
A final article from Wendy Strauch-Nelson. I’m so happy to see her discussing what may be in fact the most important aspect of student learning and experience in school. JOY! Article 6: Why Arts Integration Final Article, Series Wrap-up This is the final article in a series that has provided a brief overview of the …
Here’s another great article from my friend Wendy Strauch-Nelson about Arts Integration. more at Resources Article 5: Why Arts Integration Arts Integration: The Impact on Teachers by: Wendy Strauch-Nelson One of the characteristics of ArtsCore that sets it apart from most other educational initiatives is that our focus is on teachers rather than students. It …
Mindful, creative and kind. It’s a new mantra for me when I think about education. It also has a nice rhythm. Mindful, creative and kind (oh my!) We talk about preparing children for the future, and there have certainly been enough pundits, educators, parents, politicians, and civic leaders who have bemoaned the lack of focus …
This is an article I really liked by my friend and sometime colleague in the AI world, Wendy Strauch-Nelson. She’s got a powerful academic background that can set some context, and I thought it was worth sharing. Thanks to Wendy for permission. It comes from the Arts Core newsletter, which is part of the project …