Friday, October 29, 2010

Joy of Self

Middle school students created flag books using accordion folds and made self portraits from recycled magaznes for the cover in an afterschool program in Takoma Park called "My Story, Our Story."

Sunday, October 10, 2010

The Ties That Bind Us All

Kindergarten students in Falls Church worked with me for two days decorating paper, making collage, visualizing their Grandma's and Grandpops and learning how pictures truly tell a story. I read to them from a variety of picture books.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Write Thing

I'm back at Takoma Park Education Center teaching a series of writing workshops to 6th, 7th and 8th graders. I've been deep in the library looking for great examples of descriptive writing.