The importance of art in schools Art has many meanings. There is art of the museums, art of the impressionists and art of the Renaissance. There is art of full color reproductions and coffee table art books.. This art is mainly for the cultural elite. This post is about the importance of art in schools….
Category Archives: Art AND Education
What is art therapy and can you be your own child’s art therapist
What is Art Therapy and Can One do Art Therapy for Children as a Teacher or as a Parent Without Being Trained? The incident that prompted the question in the title was an email I received from a father in a distant country asking me if I could help him give his son some art therapy, as…
What is the Reggio Emilia approach to kids education, what makes it different from other types of education like Montessori and how YOU can incorporate Reggio Emilia tactics into your classroom or home schooling environment
What is the basic Reggio Emilia approach to education and how you can help integrate this approach into your own, even if you don’t go all the way The Reggio Emilia approach to education is pretty much all the rage today. It started in Italy and has filtered its way down to many schools in…
Creative Curriculum Lesson Plans: Creating a basic preschool lesson plan with an Autumn theme
What are creative curriculum lesson plans: Creative curriculum preschool lesson plans are plans that integrate interactive teaching methods. It is not rote teaching where the teacher stands in front of the classroom talking, but it includes all modalities under a theme. When making kindergarten lesson plans or plans for any early childhood classroom the teacher…
Kindergarten Teacher Websites: Not Only Art Related
If you are kindergarten, preschool or other type of early childhood educator you are probably always looking for different kindergarten websites. Many of the kindergarten websites are also just as useful as pre kindergarten teacher websites and it is always difficult to weed through many sites. You also don’t know which sites are good and which are junk. Even though…