Insights from Children’s Art Expert Bette Fetter: Top Blog Posts for January 2014
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A Great Sketchpad For All Your Ideas
Kids love to draw and can chew through a lot of paper when they get rolling. In this video, I share some thoughts on the best, inexpensive drawing paper and my favorite, very affordable sketchpad for kids.I hope it gives you some ideas.
Seeing the World Anew
This is Herman. He’s a very bright, sweet little nine year-old boy. At home he’s curious, creative, helpful, insightful and an excellent big brother. He’s in second grade and does well in school, but his work doesn’t quite reflect who he is or what he’s really capable of. And yet it’s been hard to say why not.
Visual Learning: Colorful Vocabulary Testing Strategies
Back to school means back to vocabulary tests. Our visual learners are not too excited about any tests – but vocabulary tests can bring extra anxiety because words are not their native tongue.
Arts & Academics: Free eBook Download
Fall ushers in the excitement of a new school year, full of possibility. While you’re helping your child get ready for a new classroom and a new
teacher, you may be wondering what else you can do to prepare him for a successful school year.
Creativity: Left and Right Brain Thinking
While preparing for a speaking engagement about the nuances of left and right-brain thinking, I spoke with a friend of mine who is a software engineer. He identifys himself as a right-brain, visual-spatial thinker. He is also a musician — an excellent guitar player — so I asked how he thought that impacted his abilities as an engineer?
ARTSblog: A Nation at Risk – 30 Years Later
Thirty years ago education took a dramatic turn that resulted in cuts in art programs and increased testing of a narrowed curriculum.
Arts in Education Week
September brings a lot of new excitement; the start of school, the beginning of fall and now, Arts in Education Week.
The second week of September, as designated by the US House of Representatives, is a time to celebrate how “arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines, including dance, music, theatre, media arts, literature, design, and visual arts, is a core academic subject and an essential element of a complete and balanced education for all students.”
Back to School Interview with Bette Fetter
Have you ever wanted to sit down with Bette and ask her questions?
HURRY Last Day to Register: Author on the Fox
1 more day only to register for tomorrow’s event!!
Do you live in the Elgin area? You don’t want to miss this interactive discussion with Bette as the featured Author on the Fox at the Gail Borden Library.
