Mesoamerican Flag Book
These flag books are a classroom project made by my students while we studied Mesoamerica in ancient civilizations. Across the top you see the Olmec culture which was the “mother […]
These flag books are a classroom project made by my students while we studied Mesoamerica in ancient civilizations. Across the top you see the Olmec culture which was the “mother […]
Student self-portraits smiling back at my kids from the front of the classroom. Each on a colorful tile they recognize as the Periodic Table of the Elements – Developing a […]
The Fall of the Roman Empire turned out fabulous for everyone but the Romans. Each student made an accordion book equating Rome’s Fall to Shakespeare’s Seven Stages of Man from […]
Since my last artist book received such a positive reaction, I’d like to share Heather’s book. Heather is my younger daughter who enjoys photography and has developed a good ‘compositional […]
It’s storming outside so we can’t go out for our field investigations. But we are going to study ‘Physics’ later this year. So let’s build some background knowledge. Our dictionary […]
For my daughter Michelle’s birthday I made an artist book around fruit. Her UW degree is in Food & Justice and she’s works for a sustainable farmer’s market in San […]
“Is this alright?” Yoselin came up to my desk and asked. We were writing a ‘quick write’ poem about different emotions and she chose ‘terrified’. This is what I read: […]
Let me introduce you to an amazingly talented educator on a day she shared her gifts with my class. Kalee Alexandria, currently teaches for WaHeLut Indian School in Nisqually, WA, […]
This begins a series of stories about how the Arts help students. Today’s story is about how a poetry lesson helped a special student remember her mom: Sarah came to me […]
MANDALA FOR MOUNT RAINIER Four Gates to Enter this Sacred Terrain GATE 1 – SUNRISE Petite glacier lily bows in reverence to the Daily renewal of its life-giving force which […]