Claymation!
Julia's students have extended the idea of making clay figures out of their invisible characters into little claymation projects. Described below is the first Invisibles claymation project ever done. When thinking about the end-of-year celebration, after two months of projects, I
Spring Projects
It's never too early to plan our end of the year activities, and this post is simply to remind those who in the past have found success in late spring using the Children's Story Project (found in A Natural Approach
Star Sequence
I can't post graphics in comment fields so I'm putting this here for Craig. Craig, I really like the simplicity here vs. the instructional cycles. But as I said in the comment field, this star is the DNA for the
Some Questions about the Invisibles – 1
A new member of our group has explored the two (brand new) Invisibles books and her first reaction is positive. That is important to me because she has a background in TPRS, and I am claiming that my newest books
Classroom Management – 8
Our book on classroom management continues to be written here on a day-to-day way in this, our seventh installment: What Are Our Goals? What are our classroom management goals? What might we imagine a well- functioning CI classroom to look and
Story Starters
Starting stories with a general idea about a problem and no targets is a great way of getting a robust and healthy plot line going. The reason I say that is that I have carefully studied how Joe Neilson (the unrecognized co-founder of
July Price Increases
The Big CI Book electronic copy goes up in early July from $49.95 to $89.95 A Natural Approach to the Year (ANATTY/Year One) electronic copy goes up rom $77 to $99.95. I have no control over these increases - I have to do what Teacher's Discovery does by contract.
Vampspooder – 4
I got a response from Jack and would like to share it here: I have to say I feel honoured to be talking to you again. Before I started my short but meaningful journey at AES, I considered myself quite shy
Vampspooder – 3
To finish our three-part series on Vampspooder the fat little spider, here is the book in which he is discussed - A Natural Approach to Stories. Look on page 74: Natural Approach Final TDDownload
Vampspooder – 2
This is my response to Jack: Well Jack you inspired me as well. During my whole career I noticed how (mostly) boys with a sense of humor, super bright kids like you who had spirit, suffered in schools. For example,