I am challenged by the Scholastic Book Fairs my daughter’s school participates in. Firstly, I am challenged that they sell new books that feature licensed characters, encourage consumerism, and apparently take payments to promote coal without mentioning how coal harms the environment and humans. (see … Read More →
Category Archives: teaching
Creative Drama Class 2: building ideas
The most frequently asked question I get asked is “what actually goes on in a creative drama class?” Most parents like the idea of it, but since key features of creative drama are: - student-led stories - unscripted - different every time it can be … Read More →
Creative Drama: Class 1 (b)
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. Build-me-a I tell the students that when they remained still when I said “freeze” that in theatre we call it “tableau,” which means frozen picture. I tell them that I want to do an exercise that is all … Read More →
Creative Drama: class 1
In a recent panel discussion on Marlo Boux’s show Girl Talk with Marlo, I was asked if children were ever scared of the work I do. To be honest, some of them are — and I kinda like that. (You can listen to the show … Read More →
Humane education in unconventional places
Have you ever attended a seminar, course, bootcamp, or event to learn how to improve the world? What kinds of people do you meet there? Were you surprised that the majority of people you met already knew a lot about the topic? Recently, I gave … Read More →
Art and gardens: Pre-school Play
Garden inspired drama play and art making with pre-schoolers