by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Today was an example of integration and collaboration at its best! Every Tuesday and Wednesday the music teacher, at my school (and my mentee and friend, Johanna) comes into my classroom for a 30 minute intervention period to assist with whatever we are doing in...
by guest blogger | Arts Education and Integration
The Montessori Education Method is a special method of education that was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori. The method was designed to ensure that children are given the right level of education in accordance with their needs. Most of the material for this method...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
My mom and I went to the symphony on Tuesday evening. We saw Yo-Yo Ma perform DVOŘÁK’s Cello Concerto. It was, in a word, amazing! It was the way Yo-Yo Ma performed the music. He didn’t play it, didn’t even perform it, he experienced it right...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
The other morning, I was half watching Oswald with my kids while we snuggled on the couch: my kids eyes glued to the pre-school program, mine on my Kindle reading up on The Help. Every so often, I would get distracted and glance up to the TV to watch the odd...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
Ever sit with an object and tried to figure out all the things it could do? What noises it could make… How it could move… What you could pick up with it… Then you’ve experienced “poking a box.” Ever take a camera and shoot a...
