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A couple of years ago I become a member of the Connecticut Association of Gifted and Talented, I was particularly interested in this group of educators/parents because there was a…

Lets talk about Drawing for Kids – Kids like to Draw! They start scribbling at around 18 months and don’t really care too much about the final product – the…

A few weekends back I went to a kid’s birthday party. It was a family friend and I was looking forward to it in the same way I look forward…

It’s been argued that we live in the ‘Age of the Image’, where our ability to decode and capture visuals are now a necessity in order to communicate information. Not…

When it comes to Kid Moviemaking Ideas, Lego Stop Motion is super, super high on the list. Not only does it allow our little ones to generate fun stories that…

Whether it is creating food that looks fun and appealing or discovering what spices go with what flavors, cooking is a great way to practice your creativity.  – Debbie Madson…

‘Too many people think creativity is exclusive to the arts and don’t understand that creativity is about a way of thinking and seeing’ -Jane Harvey ‘I’m not creative – I…

‘Play is a space of discovery. It is how we originally approach the unknown: with a sense curiosity and wonder.’ – Jeff Smithson Our writing on this blog primarily centers…

There are many cool things that parents can do with their children using smartphones – one of them is Phoneography – the capturing and editing of photos with a phone.…

In June I was at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference, meeting great educators from around the world. During the Idea Lab (my favorite event of the conference), I stumbled…