Resources for the Classroom and Beyond!
Best Practices
Pairing Read Aloud with the Story Exchange
How can we use mentor texts to connect students to the story exchange and story exchange prompts?
Skill Building
Orienting in Space and Time
How can mindfulness practices help us self regulate?
Best Practices
Artifact of the Week
How can students explore real world experiences and stories?
Arts Integration
Outside My Window
How can art allow us to explore similarities and differences we have with those in our community? During this lesson…
Skill Building
Building Trust & Community at the Tattoo Parlor
How can art support us in building a space that honors curiosity, creativity, and understanding? During this lesson, participants will…
Story Exchange
Utilizing the Story Exchange throughout the K12 Classroom
How can we thoughtfully implement Story Exchanges (and activities that use the Story Exchange structure) while working with typical classroom…
Skill Building
The Building Blocks of Listening
How do we show we are paying attention through the ways we listen? During this lesson students will practice listening…
Skill Building
Quilted Connections
In what ways do our individual stories come together to form a collective voice? How can art help us reflect…
Skill Building
Identity Mapping
How can exploring our own identity allow us to better understand our relationship to ourselves and others? During this lesson…
Arts Integration
Embodied Storytelling
How can movement and gesture deepen the meaning of stories we tell and hear? How can you authentically portray someone…
Best Practices
Unpacking the Creative Process
How might we design a customized process to catalyze community action and drive positive change? During this lesson students will…
Story Exchange
Prompt Builders
What stories do we most need to hear to grow as a community? What prompts can encourage the stories we…