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Encouraging the Artist in Every Child
The arts are essential, not a frill. Sadly, arts are being cut and minorities are most adversely affected. Continue reading
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Art Projects for Kids
Scribble, scribble, scribble, what does it mean? The moment a child figures out how to pick up a crayon, she begins an adventure through art from scribbling to realistic creations. Just like with learning how to read or write, children … Continue reading
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Early Childhood Development and Kids Art Activities
Children go through developmental stages in art helping them hone their budding skills and explore their creativity. Once a child figures out they can make somewhat representational squiggles, they have embarked into the Preschematic stage of art. These potato shaped … Continue reading
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Kid’s Art Activities and Encouraging Left-Brain Creativity
Left-brain art activities don’t have to be boring – they can be filled with exciting ways for enticing kids to tap into the benefits of combining the sides of their brains into one fun creative machine. Often, kids let their … Continue reading
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The Brain’s Biology: A Negative Feedback Loop System
Are you ready for a challenge? I want you to make a list of all of the things that your child or children have done right today. Go ahead, pull out a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen and begin listing everything where your child did and… Read More
Educators
Transcendental Meditation: The Om-School Connection
“Mom! Dad! I have a new mantra!” “Lemme guess: i before e, except after c?” Not exactly, folks. Like, a mantra mantra. We’re talking om. (more…) Read More
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Whole Brained Teaching
Definition Whole-brain teaching is an instructional approach derived from neurolinguistic descriptions of the functions of the brain’s left and right hemispheres. Basic Element Neurolinguistic findings about the brain’s language functions show that in the integrated brain, the functions of one hemisphere are immediately available to the other, producing a more… Read More
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Thematic Instruction
Definition Thematic instruction is the organization of a curriculum around macro “themes.” Thematic instruction integrates… Read More
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