Category: Stories
Teaching children to write through illustration
Illustration is the art of telling stories with pictures. We spend so much time and energy teaching children to write, while we ignore and often discourage, their natural storytelling skills. Have you ever given children a piece of paper and some drawing implements and then watched them get to work? The first thing you’ll notice…
Teaching children to write through illustration
Illustration is the art of telling stories with pictures. We spend so much time and energy teaching children to write, while we ignore and often discourage, their natural storytelling skills. Have you ever given children a piece of paper and some drawing implements and then watched them get to work? The first thing you’ll notice…
Climate Change – What on Earth can I do?
I remebember – some 50 years ago! – being curled up in a ball on my bed, inconsolable, blubbing real tears for the panda bears that were soon going to become extinct. Then, some 35 years ago, working on a college project to design a conservation poster, or something like that, reading the Red Book…