Bette Fetter: Visual Alarm Clock and Nightlight for Kids
I love finding visual gadgets and tools that make life easier for our visual kids. Take a look at this great clock for preschool and kindergarten aged
kids.
Education
Bette Fetter: Teaching Kids How to Put Shoes on the Right Feet
You know the challenge of teaching your kids how to put their shoes on the right feet. I have used a method with my own children and now my grandson.
Bette Fetter: Sight Words
I was working at home the other day. As I was cleaning up from helping my grandson Brayden review his sight words the evening before, I decided to share a few of the visual ways we are practicing sight words at our house.
Insights from Children’s Art Expert Bette Fetter: Top Blog Posts for September 2013
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- Ten Tips To A Successful School Year gives you the best tips to make homework and learning easier for everyone especially the visual learner.
- Like so many families this time of year, we sent a little one to his first day of kindergarten…First Day of Kindergarten.
- September brings a lot of new excitement; the start of school, the beginning of fall and now, Arts in Education Week.
Back to School: WHY CAN’T THEY WRITE!?
Visual kids can literally draw a blank when faced with a writing assignment. They see in pictures so it can be hard for them to translate those thoughts into an organized piece of writing.
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.
Back to School: First Day of Kindergarten
Yesterday was a big day in our family. Like so many families this time of year, we sent a little one to his first day of kindergarten. Along with first day photos and excitement came a bit of anxiety, some for our new student and even some for mom.
