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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.20
SHADOWS AND COLOURS, an art workshop project which began under the initiative of two women, who want to contribute to their neighborhood. This series of articles is about their work, one as an art therapist, the other as a specialized educator. We will introduce the workshop and the interview we did with one of them over [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.19
MINI SERIES ON ART THERAPY :
As of next week, a mini series on art therapy will be presented by Corinne Bordin, art therapist and specialized educator from France.
She and others have created an association called CITE DES POSSIBLES, or if I translate one might say City of Possibles. This association offers the public, particulary to [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.18
COLOURS, SOUND, SHAPES, CRYSTALS, HARMONY, PEACE!
I first came across Laureen Warrington’s art by chance and immediately asked her if she’d like to participate in my article project. Then I discovered much, much more. Laureen Warrington and her soul mate Michael Korotschenko have created something quite extraordinary which you will be able to visit via their [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.17
CREATIVE THINKING, here is part 6 of our mini series on CREATING TEACHING. Hélène Brault, who, as you know by now, teaches children with learning difficulties from the age of 7 to 10, has asked a few former students how they felt about having been in her class. Here is the second student’s interview. We [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.16
CREATIVE TEACHING! This week, we’d like to publish the answer we got from one of Hélène’s former students, to a question she asked her. We are late in this week’s article because we did not want to put pressure on this child. She answered us in part which we will publish below. We’ve also asked [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.15
CREATIVE TEACHING PART 4: JOEY’S PLANET! In this part of Helene’s article about teaching children with learning difficulties, she introduces us to Joey (not his real name), the Planet Child. A most fascinating story of one child who discovered a passion for photography. And through it opened up to learning, to others and to a [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.14
CREATIVE TEACHING. Helene Brault has been explaining to us how she uses creative teaching to deal with her students ages 7 to 10, who have been diagnosed with learning difficulties. She combines several teaching approaches and deals with each child’s strengths and way of assimilating information. She places them in a context where they will [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.13
CREATIVE TEACHING – part 2. As previously mentioned, Hélène Brault teaches children who have been diagnosed… not to say disposed of, because they are said to have learning difficulties. No one has ever bothered to really study how these kids assimilate information, or asked them what interests them. It’s a question of money for resources [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.12
CREATIVE TEACHING: Hélène is a highly creative person who teaches children between the ages of 7 to 10 years of age who have been classified as having learning difficulties. She has developed her own highly personalized approach to teaching these youngsters by focussing on their individual uniqueness in the way they assimilate information. This will be [...]
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.11
CREATIVE TEACHING!
Creative teaching to children that the system more or less dismisses after they catalogue them as… challenged… Who exactly is challenged? Guess? The education system that’s who!
For the next few weeks, a series of articles will be presented about creativity in the classroom! Until then, I wish you a very happy New Year!
A very [...]
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