Teaching & Learning Collab

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A wonderful exercise for students of any age. It helps build #focus, hand-eye coordination, and promotes #mindfulness. Try using a different color for each line or drawing on colored paper! #ArtActivity

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#DramaticPlay and #PretendPlay teaches #ConflictResolution and problem-solving skills. It offers young children a way to learn about themselves and the world. These experiences are some of the first ways children learn about their likes and dislikes, interests, and abilities.

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A number of newcomer students, refugees, ELL, and housing insecure students attend San Diego Schools. Participation in the arts is can be especially beneficial and powerful for students who may struggle with belonging. #ArtsEducation #BuildConfidence

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Help students recognize emotions through drawing. “Imagine you were a dot…how would you move if you were nervous, happy, sad, confused? What would an angry line look like? #SocialEmotionalArts

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Mirror Drawing with plexiglass and dry erase markers. One person slowly leads, the other follows. Challenge is for drawings to match. Clean with water and repeat! @palucsd #ConcentrationGame #ArtGame

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Students of all ages can learn from local, public, #StreetArt. The murals in San Diego’s Chicano Park were made to commemorate the struggle to reclaim space for the neighborhood and depicts many aspects of Chicano culture, including historical events. #SanDiego

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SEL skills are vital to our future. The good news is these skills can be taught and practiced at an early age. There are tons for resources out there but here are 2 good books. #SELResources

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TLC loves when teachers run with projects we’ve done and adapt them for their classrooms & subject areas! The amazing @MsVillarreal21, a middle school math teacher in Oceanside Unified, incorporated large scale weavings into her curriculum for some seriously cool #ArtsIntegration

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Students explore different possibilities within a constraint. Only circles in each quadrant! Circles can…Go for a walk, Be concentric, Become smaller, Become larger, Overlap, Be open, Be filled in…Possibilities are endless and the magic is in seeing how unique each response is.

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TLC Board Member, Amanda Datnow, co-authored a blog post for Brookings Institution on refocusing education systems to support the whole child by focusing on the social, emotional, moral, and civic development of students. @EDSucsd #HolisticEducation #WholeChild

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Artists from South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company designed Little Amal to raise awareness about refugee children. She has traveled throughout Europe and is in NYC right now. The giant puppet has become a symbol of the struggles of refugees. #RefugeesWelcome

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@caren_holtzman Absolutely! This could be a really fun partner activity.

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A straight forward drawing prompt for students of any age! Start with a scribble and see where it takes you. This activity challenges visual creativity and is always successful because there is no wrong way to do it! #DrawingPrompt #ArtActivity #VisualThinking

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We’ve worked closely with the Karen Organization of SD and wanted to share one of their community events with you! We’re excited to have a TLC member on the ‘preparing for college panel’. @EDSucsd

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If you teach or work with San Diego Unified Schools here are some great district resources for supporting Newcomer Families! #RefugeesWelcome #EducationEquality #AccessibleEducation #NewcomerFamilies

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An accessible activity that gives students & teachers the chance to get to know one another in a fun, creative setting. Ripped Paper Poems: Students think of memories to represent visually using ripped paper and write about their memory on the back of their work. #SayItWithArt

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The Day The War Came by Nicola Davies is a powerful picture book for children (6-9) about the journey of a child forced to become a #refugee when war destroys everything she has ever known. Ultimately it is a #hopeful journey that demonstrates the power of #empathy and #kindness.

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Students can learn so much from taking apart electronics, discovering how they work and what is inside, and repurposing the parts to create something new! #STEAMLearning #STEAMProject #STEAMEducation

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#NewComerStudents enrich the learning environment in a classroom. #ESL #RefugeesWelcome #ImmigrantsWelcome #Diversity #DiverseClassroom

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We asked our #LevelUpSD students to create reflection books.#StudentReflection is an important part of the #LearningProcess. Reflecting increases learning, supports #GrowthMindset and provides students with motivation to enjoy the process of learning.
@Karen_SanDiego