Play, Kindness & Creativity
Creative Sprint for Educators; Play, Kindness, and Creativity Last year we started the year with a Creative Sprint using in the book of the same name written by Noah and Mica Scalin, it was really a great way to start the year and spark new creative ideas. Since then we have been able to get to know Mica and share with her our love of the creative sprint and how much we’d like to educators use it to jumpstart both their own and their students’ creativity. Why Play, Kindness
The #heART_Ed Challenge - Who inspires you?
About a week ago a very sweet post popped up that #TeamGrundler was tagged in, it was from Holly Bess Kincaid (@artladyhbk) and said, Thank you for being a constant inspiration to others, sharing knowledge and building an active online community of educators! #K12ArtChat #heART_ED. Give a shout out to an art educator you heART and say why. We were humbled and thankful, it was a moment of affirmation. Our professional learning network motivates us to keep finding new ways to
#Reflect31 - Day 2
Day 1 wrap up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect31-day-1 Day 2: Observe and Describe Observe and Describe (draw) your classroom environment? Then reflect on the things that worked well and the things you would like to improve upon for the upcoming year! Quote of the Day: “Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.” — Wallace Stevens Song of the Day: “Up-Up and Away” - The 5th Dimension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg #TeamGrundler #k1
Tweet Challenge
#k12ArtChat Tweet Challenge We've had a lot of questions about the tweet challenge, so here's the 411. Awhile back I started #FabArtsFri and then @smARTisteacher (Arlene Shelton) challenged the house of Grundler to create a Twitter challenge consisting of a # for each day. Between Voxer, Twitter searches for original hashtags and a Google doc Arlene and I came up with the following: Monday- #MustMakeMon Tweet about your must makes, what do you have in the works? What are curr
Artful Parenting #2
Is it enough to make art with our kids? Yes and no, yes because whatever works for you and your family is great! We never want to be the parents that judge other parents; every family has to do their own thing. What works for one might not work for others. But to answer the question for us, making art isn't enough. We want to expose the Grundler kids to all kinds of Art and experiences; it boils down to thinking on a deeper level. Do we get to do all of the things we wa
