~Giving of Oneself~ The Play Lady: The Senora Juguetona by Eric Hoffman and illustrated by Suzanne Tornquist is the story of a kind neighborhood woman who lets the local children play in her garden. One day her trailer is vandalized. Note: The graffiti on the trailer is very strong and full of hate. The children are […]
Before you can solve a conflict, you have to recognize not only that there is a conflict, but also what type of conflict it is. Violent conflict is obvious. But sometimes the most pervasive and most difficult to see are conflicts are those that lie below the surface. The same thing is true of the […]
PEACE TALES LESSON: WORLD FOLKTALES TO TALK ABOUT Objective: To introduce culturally different ways of thinking about peace and demonstrate ways people can make a difference. Grade level: Kindergarten and up Peace Tales is a marvelous collection of short folktales by Margaret Reed MacDonald, focusing on peace, collected from all over the world. The tales […]
by Joan Koster, author Growing Artists: Teaching the Arts to Young Children We may not understand the words in a song or the techniques in a painting from another time or place, but we can feel the artist’s humanity and feel what is important to him or her. In this way we can cross boundaries […]
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