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 […]
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Periodic Table of Elements
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 […]
Fall of Roman Empire
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 […]
Heather’s Photography Book
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 […]
Hula Hoop Physics
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 […]
Fruits: An Artist Book
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 […]
Terrified
“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: […]
Kalee
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, […]
Sarah’s Mom
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
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 […]
