I got fascinated in teaching art and great artists/artworks to my children since they were 3 and 4 years old. This coincided with taking the course “Making Thinking Visible” from Wideworld Harvard and I instantly fell in love with the idea of using art to understand children’s thinking and to make their learning “visible” not […]
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Ever since moving to the Netherlands I got interested in art. Who wouldn’t be when surrounded with so much beauty and wonderful art works and I am not only referring to paintings in museums. I see art daily, from the way the houses are built, the statues found on the streets, the paintings hung on
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My daughter loves to cook. Actually, she loves to bake. And, by bake, I mean lick the spoon, the bowl and whatever else she can get her little hands on. You’d better watch out, too, because she’ll battle to the end for the spatula. Cooking and baking with kids is fun, educational and, above all,
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Less than two months ago, I received the devastating news of having breast cancer. After a series of procedures from sentinel node procedure, DNA test, PET scan, an operation to take the tumor out and meeting specialists (geneticist, surgeon, oncologist, radiologist and just recently an orthodontist) our summer vacation is turning into regular visits to
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Although you might not think of playing music as an outdoor activity – there are quite a few creative ways to get outside and make some joyful noise at the same time. Here are some of our favorite outdoor music activities that come from world cultures. Make An Australian Bullroarer Both the Apache people and
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