Unique Solutions for Unique Learners
Young children are very curious about their world. They learn by interacting with their environment, posing questions, and exploring the possibilities. Stimulating activities spark their curiosities and promote critical thinking and increased motivation. As they begin to develop phonemic awareness, for example, they recognize that sounds are like building blocks that can be used to read more…
I remember the first time I was genuinely excited to go to an art exhibit, and I was a late bloomer. It was junior year of college and I was in my first art history class discussing, looking at, and investigating modern art using books and slides. After three weeks, we went to the Museum read more…
Polly Goltché, a talented Reading Specialist and artist with My Learning Springboard, is delighted to announce the launch of her new website, PaintandGlassCreations.com, which will feature her original Acrylic and Glass paintings. Her work is characterized by vivid colors, metallic accents and crushed brightly colored glass. Influenced by the work of renowned porcelain artist Edna Hibel, Polly’s first read more…
2011-2012 was an exciting academic year for me as a Poet-In-Residence!!! The Maryland State Arts Council’s Arts in Education Program Director, Christine Stewart, asked me to write a chapter on Ekhprastic poetry for an anthology of writing workshops conducted by Maryland Poets-In-The-Schools. The collection was entitled, Voices Fly, and it also contains poems by students read more…
How many teaching techniques can you think of? There are too many to list. And for those educators who have been in this field for at least five years, we’ve already seen numerous additions and enhancements. When I was in elementary school it was all about rote learning. Then there was “new math”. Then manipulatives. read more…
Written By: Andrew Sices, Artist and Graphic Designer As a boy I can remember the feeling of sheer delight when given a sheet of clean white paper and a pencil, sensing that something amazing was about to happen. I let my mind wander until it seized on an image. Touching pencil to paper was akin read more…
Do you have an aspiring architect in the family? ElizabethStreet.com recently posted an incredible camp opportunity at the Westcott House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. According to the blog post, Monday marks the beginning of “Design Detectives,” a summer camp hosted directly on the Westcott premises in association with the Springfield Preservation Alliance. The camp read more…
Hollis Architzel is a special educator with the Department of Education and a private tutor with My Learning Springboard. She works in a Co-Teaching classroom in partnership with a general educator to support students with learning differences. Hollis graduated from Barnard College and then went on to receive her Master’s degree in Educating Students with Disabilities read more…
Now is the time that many high school students begin searching for opportunities to gain hands-on work experience, hoping for a glimpse into a career they might one day pursue. But why wait until summer to get started? True, summer is a great time for students to get concentrated experience without the pressure of schoolwork; read more…
A recent article in a New York Times’ special section on museums “From Show And Look To Show And Teach” by Carol Vogel focuses on leading art museums that are reaching visitors in new, interactive ways on site as well as online. It features the Whitney Museum of American Art’s temporary education center, constructed out read more…
Proceeds go to the NYC Kids Arts Organization. To buy tickets please visit: http://www.unseenartists.com/party-page or purchase at the door
Operating without a permanent exhibition space until the re-design of its 5th Avenue home is complete in 2013, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has applied an innovative and creative solution to introduce the design process to students in classrooms across the city. “Target Design in the Classroom” is an education program that teaches students read more…
