Everyday Art Room
Everyday Art Room
The Art of Education University
Ep. 006 - Learning to Love Kindergarten
19 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2017 at 1:30 am.
Our best teaching, and our best stories, often come from the times when kindergarteners are in the art room. But there is no doubt that those classes are a unique challenge. Listen as Cassie shares her best advice on why you need to start class with a little bit of craziness
why you shouldn't fight their energy
and ways to calm your kids if that's what they need
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Our best teaching, and our best stories, often come from the times when kindergarteners are in the art room. But there is no doubt that those classes are a unique challenge. Listen as Cassie shares her best advice on why you need to start class with a little bit of craziness (3:30), why you shouldn't fight their energy (6:45), and ways to calm your kids if that's what they need (11:00).   Resources and Links: Cassie mentioned Scratch Garden for videos This is a post from Cassie's blog that covers a lot of the ideas from this episode Here is a great unit on line for your kinders Cassie referred back to Episode 4 multiple times, and you can listen to it here. Did you hear Tim mention the Rethinking Kindergarten course? It can be found here.