The potential of the letter is expansive. Its form is deftly suited for all occasions. Letters bridge. Letters are common ground. Letters are a gift. But our slapdash digitalized pace has fashioned handcrafted letters out of style. Let’s face it.…

Yarn-bombing is a thing.  Look it up. This pumpkin is a project that I worked on with my family during the month of October a few years back. Let me tell you, bringing shape to this silly little idea afforded…

  Have you read Tornado by Betsy Byars? On this first day of winter, what a wonderful time to explore the mysteries of the weather! And “tornados” are a great place to begin. This story touches down at the cross…

  When the cold of winter nips at your toes, remember summer with its warm, sunny days. While you are remembering, think butterfly. Remember how they come fluttering aglow with complex design—longings and swallowtails, and of course monarchs flitting through…

One of the best ways to learn to think is to learn about the tools available! empowering your students to learn about the parts and functions of their brain will inspire them to tap into the vast potential of this…

  Learning to follow a line is a skill that will teach students to think well. This skill is mathematical, involving spatial recognition, fractional and proportional relationships, and directional measurement. To complete this project you will need colored pencils or…

    What do the circulatory system, WW1, the life-cycle of a star, Samuel Adams, great characters from exceptional stories, and a single spring from the workings of an ink pen have in common? Why human potential, of course. Interdisciplinary…

It began back in November with our iModannari after Rothko who  thought that the greatest paintings were the ones that captured a moment of stillness. What better way to enter into the Thanksgiving season. Rothko painted rectangles. But he blurred the…

It's December in California, so we took to the great outdoors to tackle a master class. The mentor? None other than Fra Angelico.  Before tackling this Fra Angelico project, take a bit of advice from Leonardo: "It's easier to resist…

  Celebrate the many colors of Wassily Kandinsky and practice the math of concentricity in the process. Kandinsky connected color to sound. What an awesome metaphor: "The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find…