This month, it is the 3rd grade’s turn in the Wonder Studio. I usually have a packed crowd waiting to create, but this group is a little reticent, and I have had only 3 to 6 students come to form. However, what they lack in volume, they make up for in collaborative creativity.Â
Tag: crafting
Put Learning in Their Hands
I’m at a point in my life when I look back and reflect on my decisions, I think about all the steps (and missteps) I’ve made that brought me this far. The one thing that stands out for me is how working with my hands has been a major theme throughout my childhood, teenage years, and all the decades of my adult life.
Working in the Wonder Studio: June Wrap-up
The last two weeks of school found the girls busy wrapping up their spring projects in the Wonder Studio. Even though I warned them not to start anything new, some of them could not resist. They spent their recess times painting, making, building mazes, sewing pillow, and making oodles of miniatures.
Handmade Mother’s Day
Sometimes, I think - "No one cares, this is a lot of work, maybe I should stop doing this." But then there are days, when I see fifteen eager faces at the front door clamoring to get in and start their work - their work of mess and industry and love.
Word Dancer: Literature, the Arts, & Education 