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Time Is Short: a meditation on teaching art

Post Published April 30, 2016 by Amy Gibbs

Perhaps it's a vestige of the agricultural heritage here in the Grand Valley in western Colorado, but our school children are released for the summer in mid-May.
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J.K. Rowling

Post Published March 21, 2016 by Michael King 2

We are fortunate that through the internet it is possible to keep in touch with living authors through their blogs, twitter feeds, and their websites. Use this resource to get deeper into an author’...
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Hands Deep in Art

Post Published March 21, 2016 by Amy Gibbs

I never want to know ahead of time which kids are “those” kids. When I walk into a classroom, ready to teach a unit on art, I don't want to know which kid is the one who falls off his chair to ent...
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More art for more kids

Post Published November 7, 2015 by Amy Gibbs

Grand Junction, Colorado is one of those western towns that can't really decide if it wants to be progressive or good ol' boy. Maybe the longtime residents just ignore us newbies (anyone who has been ...
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Free Verse and Kids’ Poetry

Post Published August 8, 2015 by William Rubel

Most of the poetry we publish in Stone Soup is free verse. Free verse is the most prose-like form of poetry. It is very popular amongst adult poets and it is also very common in American schools.
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Writing Activity: Adapting Story to Film

Post Published May 25, 2015 by William Rubel

I found a project through Twitter for teaching students to think like a filmmaker. The project, for grades 6 to 8, is written by Judy Storm Fink and is published at the NCTE website, readwritethink...
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Teaching Detail in Creative Writing by Kids: Observational Writing

Post Published May 21, 2015 by William Rubel

In the Collected Maxims of the German writer, W. G. Sebald (1944 –2001), he is credited with offering this advice to writers: ‘Significant detail’ enlivens otherwise mundane situations.
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Historic Photography by Kids

Post Published May 20, 2015 by William Rubel

The Kodak box camera, first produced in the 1880s, became the iconic camera for the amateur photographer. The camera was as easy to use as our phone camera's. Point and shoot.
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Creative Writing Formulas for Teachers

Post Published April 20, 2015 by William Rubel

I recommend this blog post, What Kids Have Taught Me About Writing, by children's book author Kathleen McCleary. Those of us who read a lot of writing by children produced in schools -- and I certain...
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