A friend of mine told me about a city celebration where they hide ice cubes for the children to find. What a wonderful idea for Christmas! Of course I had to give it a try. I was in charge of our family Christmas party this year and so I bought a couple of extra ice … [Read more…]
A special Christmas tradition we have in our Master’s class is to draw names for one another at the beginning of December. We keep the names a secret. The students spend time getting to know those unique things about each other that will make their gift truly appreciated. This year was such a joy … [Read more…]
Today we met at my house as I wanted to demonstrate how to keep environments diverse so that every child’s personality can find a place. I laid a few board games out in the living room. The Screwball Scramble game was a definite hit with almost everyone! It takes patience and eye/hand coordination. There is … [Read more…]
We are continuing to use DaVinci’s example to heighten our own awareness of our senses. Focusing on sight we drew a picture of the renaissance man by looking at it upside down. This way we could concentrate on re-creating each new line without worrying about our artistic skills. It turns out we had several students … [Read more…]