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How to Make and Use an Emotional Wheel

How to Make and Use an Emotional Wheel

by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, For Arts Teachers, Remote Teaching, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning

  Let’s Make an Emotion Wheel!   The Emotion Wheel can be a very powerful tool for students to identify and discuss their emotions.  Inside SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning, we take the best of what arts integration is and couple it with the need to...
Back to School 2020 – Let’s Get Real

Back to School 2020 – Let’s Get Real

by Elizabeth Peterson | For Arts Teachers, General Education Topics, General Interest, Remote Teaching, Teacher-Centered PD

This school year is like no other. Teachers everywhere are on an emotional rollercoaster as they deal with daily changes and challenges.  Here’s some great advice on how to handle this and keep your sanity by focusing on what’s important.        ...
How to Make a Mini Book

How to Make a Mini Book

by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, For Arts Teachers, General Education Topics, General Interest, Remote Teaching

How to Make a Mini Book A mini book can be a simple, yet fun way to work on any kind of content.  Use it when you are teaching or learning something new.  Make one to show your knowledge.  Create a mini book and then write a story, a cartoon or show off some drawings....
3 Ways the Arts will Help with Back to School

3 Ways the Arts will Help with Back to School

by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, For Arts Teachers, General Education Topics, General Interest, Pillar, Remote Teaching

3 WAYS THE ARTS WILL HELP WITH BACK TO SCHOOL The ARTs are necessary for helping to transition our students back to school or into a new classroom.  No matter if we are teaching face-to-face or remotely, the arts can build community, help with students’ SEL, and...

10 Tips for Teaching Remotely

by Elizabeth Peterson | For Arts Teachers, General Education Topics, General Interest, Remote Teaching

You can excel at teaching remotely with these 10 tips. Here are 10 Tips for Teaching Remotely. These tips focus on good teaching strategies that you already have and can transfer to what you are doing now with remote teaching and distance learning. Let’s connect...
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