• Dogs and Doughnuts: Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller

    So we begin! Week 1 Our Themes this week are friendship, family, compassion and accepting differences, as well as puppies… and food (especially doughnuts!) Our Habits of Mind focuses are Thinking Flexibly, Finding Humour and Persisting. Discussion ideas and Guidelines:…

  • Dogs and Doughnuts: Puppies by Karl Reichert

    Talk About Art …Visual Thinking Strategies When we look at art with children we do it in stages. We obviously begin letting the child observe the painting. We talk about spending time with the painting and doing some ‘slow looking’…

  • Start with Art Education

    Welcome to my world! I have been in Early Childhood Education for over 25 years, the last few years using stories, art, philosophy and Habits of Mind as the basis of my learning program. I’d like to share some ideas…