It’s time! It’s time! Oh yes it is… Time to officially announce the line up for the 2012 Teacher Art Retreat! I am so happy to post the information many of you have been waiting for – the second annual Teacher Art Retreat is on for August 13-15 (8am-3pm at the Amesbury, MA cultural [...]
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Anyone who knows me, know I love dance! And I bring movement into my classroom any chance I can – which can be difficult to do sometimes. Here is this week’s guest blogger, Lauren Bailey to discuss some of the great things dance and movement can do. Hopefully this will motivate you to do more [...]
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I bring them to the large room My students sit to wait They’re talking and they’re anxious To start up from their break. I take a hold of one small drum Caress it with my hands, And as I beat so softly They seem to understand. Doom, ckick-a chick; Doom doom chick Doom, [...]
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This Thursday, April 26th, is Poem in Your Pocket Day. This is such a fun way to celebrate poetry during National Poetry Month. For this day, you find a poem or write a poem and keep it handy (in your pocket) so that you can read it to anyone and everyone you come in contact [...]
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Studying this poem and then creating a sort of copy-cat poem from it is a great activity for your students (and YOU) to do. This poem, Where I’m From written by George Ella Lyon, is a touching one that gives insight to the person who wrote it through the senses and visualization. From family sayings [...]
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Today’s Guest Blogger is Jan Pierce from Elementary Education Degree. With the end of the year around the corner, it seems like a great time to try a new arts integration idea. She provides you with 10! Let us know if you try something out. ~EMP With all the studies out that show how arts [...]
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Teachers love poetry too! We should be reading and creating it as much as we want our students to. Last night was a fun 4th grade chat ( #4thchat) on Twitter with other 4th grade teachers. The topic was poetry and one teacher, Nancy Carroll @ncarroll24 asked: Does anyone write poems alongside their students?” [...]
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Poetry is great! ‘Come on, don’t you agree? Poetry can be sweet and rhyme-y or in-your-face and raw. It contains so much passion, so many illusions. It can tell a story, describe an emotion, explain a situation or throw down the truth. But how much time do we actually commit to poetry in our classrooms? [...]
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Just in time for April (Poetry Month) and as a send out to March (Literacy Month), I’ve finally epublished my latest eresource – The Poetry Project as the first in a series I will continue to add to in the months ahead. The series of books is The Independent Project Series. The purpose of these [...]
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