What kind of makers do you have in your classroom? Do you have collectors, arrangers, or attachers? Read on to find out what we mean.

Cardboard is free, abundant, and sturdy! It never rips like easel paper, and it is actually quite absorbent. These are all the qualities that make it the perfect choice for beginning painters.

Are you looking for ways to support your students’ creativity in the classroom? Working alongside teachers in a variety of contexts (early childhood, elementary, out of school), we’ve learned a lot about what instructional strategies are both easy for teachers and effective in real learning environments.

I have been thinking a lot recently about how much of a child’s day is spent doing isolating, independent tasks.

A curriculum filled with opportunities for art and creativity boosts a child’s narrative and writing skills, strengthens vocabulary, and engages the brain in higher-level thinking such as questioning, generating ideas, and problem solving. But more importantly, an art-filled education that is child-led brings joy, and develops skills that worksheets and formalized schooling can’t teach.