by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Yesterday morning, my next door teacher did something to me – she played music – and it affected my whole body. She put on the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to create an atmosphere of calm in her room and, working in a modified open...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
I had heard the phrase “it takes a village” many times before and after I had children. It was in those first couple of years of raising two kids that I thought it was just an old fashioned saying. However, in the last few years I have come to realize...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
Is it bad that now that our state testing is over I feel like a teacher again? As my students were testing Tuesday and Wednesday, I was free to do some work. As I sat at my desk, obliged to ignore any questions the students may have about the content of the test, I...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
This past summer, fall and winter my family went through a lot as we struggled with some family issues. My daughter, after a long state of despair, was diagnosed with PANDAS. It put our family in a spin, but thankfully, I can say with confidence, that with the right...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics
Now, let’s get real. Just because I host a website and blog called The Inspired Classroom, doesn’t mean I’m the best teacher in the world or have the most inspired classroom. I try – hard, but I’m far from perfect. There are days when...
