I told my daughter that Saturday was Earth Hour, and she said “I hate Earth Hour!” Ikes! As her mother and a humane educator, that was hard to hear. What does she hate about Earth Hour? “We have to turn off all the lights and … Read More →
Category Archives: crafting with children
Arts based lesson plan on Japan
The moon knows that if you deny the dark, you make mockery of the light – Marilyn Krysl Talking to kids about Japan Children are hearing about Japan. Some of them are seeing painful images for the first time, and I think it’s necessary to … Read More →
Student knitters
Today I’ll make my weekly volunteer visit to the elementary school library for knit club. I had never taught a group to knit before and it is more challenging that I had anticipated. The lovely thing is that I have a swarm of volunteers. We … Read More →
creative children
I believe that if a person raising a child wants to raise creative children, that person(s) needs to embrace creativeness into their own life. They need to model a life of creative existence. If you haven’t been doing this yet, try one of these activities: … Read More →
Art and gardens: Pre-school Play
Garden inspired drama play and art making with pre-schoolers