Featured Author on the Fox: Bette Fetter
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.
Bette Fetter
Back to School: Young Rembrandts Drawing Classes
Back to School already? I love this time of year; lots of new school supplies, new clothes, new friends and all new Young Rembrandts drawing classes!
Successful Academics: FREE eBook
Back to School is upon us and not all children learn the same. What are you doing to prepare your child for this new year and the new challenges that come with it?
Bette Fetter Social Media: Are we connecting?
Can you believe it’s almost time to go Back to School?
Make sure you are getting all the important news on how to make the most out of this school year by connecting with me online through social media.
Insights From Children’s Art Expert Bette Fetter: Top Blog Posts for July 2013
- We began July with Young Rembrandts artwork celebrating the 4th of July.
- A Favorite Quote: “I’m an art nerd, genius, lover, pro advocate…” – Bette Fetter
- Keeping our kids engaged is important during summer break. In the article, Is your child at risk for summer slide? we discuss ideas to help your kids feel like school never ended.
Creativity Requires Quiet
Do you want to be more creative? Have the next million-dollar idea?
Do you want to be in the ranks of Einstein, Picasso or Steve Jobs? Then it’s time to get creative… and quiet!!
Creativity is an internal process that requires time spent in imagination. But today’s world is busy; so many things demand our time, attention and energy. That generating original ideas can sometimes feel more like work than play.
Thinking creatively is an internal process. It’s about finding and connecting thoughts to arrive at new conclusions and new ideas. This kind of thinking comes naturally to the right side of our mind, but we need to slow down and “tune in” to hear it. We can all be creative, but we have to get quiet enough to hear ourselves think.
Parenting: A Dad Life Video
We love dad’s and want to honor them all year but especially on Father’s Day. Take a few minutes to enjoy this musical tribute to suburbanite dad’s. Get ready for to see how they use playful rap to share their thoughts on raising kids, Disney movies, barbequing and landscaping.
A Family Wedding: Collaboration or Collision?
We recently had a wedding in the family – our first. While planning and executing such a grand and lovely event was thoroughly enjoyable, it was also a brilliant study on the way left and right-brain people approach a given task.
Our oldest daughter, the bride, is a visual-spatial thinker, full of ideas and vision; there’s a lot of that going on in our family. The groom’s, a social, left -brain analytical thinker, prefers numbers, budgets and excel spreadsheets; there’s a lot of that going on in their family. When it came time to plan the wedding, the right-brain, visual bride and bridesmaids immersed themselves in magazines, websites and social media, searching out ideas – visually. Pinterest became a family obsession, with everyone in the family searching out and sharing ideas. A few trips to stores, photographers, florists and wedding vendors, brought more options and ideas.
