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The Plein Air Podcast has been named the #1 Painting Podcast by FeedSpot for two years in a row. In this episode, Eric Rhoads interviews Thomas Bucci. Listen and watch as they discuss: Thomas’s early motivation and inspiration. He had an early start with watercolor and an inspirational neighbor. Disappointments with 1970s art education, which did not respect representational work; and finding alternate creative careers. His path to a career as an artist, and how he came back to painting and found his audience by avoiding the art establishment and going directly to the people. How he learned to talk...

I am feeling under the weather today with a sore throat so that is a bummer but I’m hoping to kick it quickly so I’m good to go for Thanksgiving! Anel and I had parent teacher conferences for both kids this week and to say that I am a proud mama feels like an understatement. It is the best feeling in the world to see my babies thriving in school. Amalia came home and read me a full book last night and I just melted into a puddle. Kindergarten is wonderful for many reasons but seeing her learn so much...

Add these Thanksgiving playdough mats to your Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids today. The mats are super low-prep, so you can have them ready for the kids by first thing tomorrow. The play dough mats let the kids work their fine motor muscles and strengthen their hands. All while creating Thanksgiving dinner out of playdough! A fun pre-writing sensory experience that weaves in even more early learning skills as well. And you don’t have to use the Thanksgiving play dough mats just one way either. You and your students can come up with other ideas along the way....

Categories:  Best Of Stories This summer, my husband and I undertook a move. A relocation from Massachusetts to Arizona has been undertaken by others, no doubt. We decided to make things a little more interesting than a direct route. We headed north. Our circuitous route is winding us through Newfoundland, Portugal, and North Carolina. When one would think to take the southerly route from the Carolina’s to Arizona in the winter months, we will make Bugs Bunny’s famous right turn at Albuquerque to get to Bozeman, Montana. Then, we’ll drive to Arizona. Our 100 pound Golden Doodle, Kipper, was not...

This pumpkin pie beginning sounds activity is perfect as part of your Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers and kindergartners. You can incorporate the cards into a pumpkin unit, a baking theme, or even your Christmas plans. The pumpkin pie sounds game can be used a few different ways, and it’s easy to differentiate based on the needs of your students. The sound matching game is a wonderful way to practice phonemic awareness and phonics skills with young kids. Don’t forget to grab the free printable initial sounds game at the bottom of this post. Add it to your beginning sounds activities...