TAB Teaching: Ideas and Motivation
As I keep working through Engaging Learners Through Artmaking, I am currently on Chapter 5: Ideas and Motivation. This was a neat...


Teacher Reflections:Dragons!
I just finished one of my favorite projects! Dragon Puppets! This is done with first grades and I show them all kinds of ways to cut...
TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Art-Making Part 4
This week, I dove into Chapter 4: Assessing Progress. First off, I really enjoyed this chapter. Assessment is an area of teaching that I...


Teacher Reflections: Kindergarten Creativity
I'm splitting this week's teacher reflections into 2 parts. The first is this series of images of Kindergarten artwork juxtaposed with...
TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Art-Making Part 4
Chapter 3, "How to Structure a Class" is this week's read. It is a fantastic read for a novice teacher, and in an education class...
TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Art-Making Part 3
This week I cracked open the chapter "The Learning Environment". I feel like this was a short, quick chapter, so expect a short, quick...
TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Art-Making 2
Diving into Chapter 1, I immediately noticed patterns and habits that the Danielson Evaluation system promotes. For instance, Douglas and...
TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Artmaking 1
Engaging Learners Through Artmaking Introduction I'm starting a new blog series this week making it TAB Thursday. The goal of this is to...