Not complaining. . . . Life is quite crazy.
I titled this blog Not complaining, as we all know that life has gotten even crazier since the start of COVID-19. So let's start with a little bit of a back story. Some of you know that my dad passed away on February 2, 2020. (Weird! 02022020 I know!) My dad was sort of a hero to me as a kid. He was also one of my teachers in high school, along with being my wrestling coach. If you don't know the sport of wrestling, one of the most important life skills you learn from this is
Joining the Army of Optimism
Sometimes ideas converge. Backstory; Matt is a morning person and Laura is not, so our mornings start with him waking up and turning on the news. Therefore these days, I take my time in the morning......... I lay in bed, check my emails, drink my coffee and watch the Today show (while the kids have breakfast and get ready for homeschool.) Rewind to yesterday morning...... I posted a time lapse of my of most recent journal on twitter and instagram....... tons of kind response
Simple is Better in land of Remote Learning
As we've all made the transition to remote learning - online learning - distance learning - whatever you want it's been a steep learning curve for both teachers and parents. As it all began we wrote out lesson plans and had a template that we all used in our district which was awesome but we realized parents and kids needed something more simple. So I thought about the basic parts of the creative process and a lesson plan and this is what I came up with......... ONE SLIDE wi
#NAEA20 Online Sessions & The Un-Conference
Have you noticed one of the many silver linings that has come out the stay-at-home directives is teachers sharing and supporting each other more than ever? It's AMAZING!!!! The Art Ed/Creative Teacher community has really stepped up in a way that gives us the warm fuzzies! Last week would have been the National Art Education Conference and while it did happen live, all kinds of teachers put together great presentations to help others learn, grow and spark new ideas! When thi
