Sunday, February 27, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Mandala Project


My gifted readers learned about Mandalas this week. They studied how Mandalas tell a story, starting in the center and moving out, using only symbols and color to evoke movement and mood. Our theme in reading this year is Cyclic Patterns of Change. I asked each student to make compare themselves to color, animals, songs, numbers and other symbols that they believe represent who they really are. I took their Mandalas and created this, a sort of Mandala quilt that showcases how we, as a class, are all connected and vital to the success of our shared learning. As we move into reading Madeleine L'Engle's brilliant book "A Wrinkle in Time," students will examine what makes them tick. How they fit into our global community, and what really is at their core; their center, and what they stand for.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Boys Don't Date Girls With Dead Mothers

This is an amazing documentary project my good friend Beth is working on. Please donate and help her vision come true! Every penny counts!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Move

Rivers that turn into ponds, start to breed mosquitoes.
Time to get moving again.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Kirbie










The Taj


From last summer, still not done with my India edit.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010