Zentangle Your Stress Away!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and what better way to participate than with artmaking! Together with the Demuth Museum and the Lancaster Museum of Art, I was asked to make an art kit for kids! With being an art teacher, I implement the Social Emotional Learning , or SEL framework into my lessons (seeContinue reading “Zentangle Your Stress Away!”

What Do YOU Know About Bipolar Disorder?

I remember being in an office once with a college student who was helping me with some paperwork. She played with her mouse for a bit, smacked her screen once or twice, and was becoming visibly frustrated with the technology. With a heavy sigh she looks up at me and says “Sorry, my computer isContinue reading “What Do YOU Know About Bipolar Disorder?”

Moon and Pluto- A Master’s Thesis Action Study

Did I throw you off with the planet names? Moon & Pluto are the pseudonyms for the participants in my action research study! I have been working with these two fabulous participants for over two months now. With each session, the goal is to establish a solid relationship between researcher & participant (aka teacher &Continue reading “Moon and Pluto- A Master’s Thesis Action Study”