Hi John,
With May around the corner, summer plans might be creeping into your mind. 💦🌞This is a growing topic of conversation in my neck of the woods as families start to navigate a new landscape of travel, summer camps, long summer days at home, and potential outings.
I'd like to help you find fun and engaging ways to bring more making, imagination, and creative play into your world this summer, and wonder what I can do to make it easier for you.
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Thanks!
On to the newsletter...
50 Earth Day Activities for Kids
Earth Day is April 22 (Thursday). In this popular activity roundup, you can choose from activities with natural materials, recycled materials, and creative outdoor experiences.
Land Art for Earth Day
Collecting leaves, pinecones, flower petals, rocks, etc., to form installations of lines, mandalas, or other visual surprises is an amazing way to bring artful thinking into nature. It's free, kids get to play in the dirt, nothing is consumed, and everyone benefits from spending time outdoors. Take inspiration from land artists like Andy Goldsworthy who create installations of natural materials that naturally find their way back into the environment. Land Art for Earth Day.
What Today's Classrooms Can Learn From Ancient Cultures
"When Michaeleen Doucleff, an American science reporter, visited a preschool in an Arctic town, she was surprised by one of the regularly-scheduled activities. . “Some days, a parent will bring a seal to butcher inside the classroom,” the teacher told her. “Then the kids can run over and watch if they want.” At the end, he offered all the children a piece of seal meat. It was a real task that all the children might execute when they were old enough, reinforced here in school." Click here to read more (MindShift from KQED).
9 Anti-Racism Videos to Watch with Your Kids
"As parents, we’re focusing now more than ever to raise anti-racist kids. While it begins by having lots of conversations about race and racism with your children, there are other ways to educate kids about anti-racism with books, movies and more. We’ve rounded up some anti-racism videos that you can watch with your kids now." Click here to read more. (Chicago Parent)
New Study Shows Just How Bad Early School Start Times Are For Kids
"The researchers are also careful to point out that while their findings didn’t show earlier start times hurt elementary schoolers, whenever it is “logistically and financially feasible” districts should work to adopt uniformly later school start times, which they say really are best for students and families. Elementary school students may not struggle to go to bed at an early enough hour in the same way that middle and high school students do — and their biological clocks predispose them to falling asleep earlier — but they could still benefit from a bit more rest." Click here to read more (Huffington Post)
This Artist "Draws" Portraits by Shattering Glass with a Hammer
Swiss artist Simon Berger creates portraits by breaking glass. A fascinating artist process! Click here to read more (Core 77).
50 Funny Signs By The Legendary Tex-Mex Restaurant, El Arroyo
Tex-Mex restaurant El Arroyo, in Austin, Texas is well known for their humorous and witty signs. Take a break and read through for a good laugh (Bored Panda).
Wishing you a creative and joyful week.
Your creative collaborator,
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Rachelle Doorley
TinkerLab
Explore my early child education books: TinkerLab: A Hands-on Guide for Little Inventors + TinkerLab Art Starts + Creative Adventures in Cursive
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