Arts
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Quoth the Ravens? “Watch Me Parent.”
The ravens at Wellesley College, in Wellesley MA, have returned for a second year and are caring for three nestlings. Watch them live on Wellesley’s Ravencam. Check my 2014 post about them. The ideas I shared for teachers are terrific activities for parents to use during April school vacation. This year, I am mesmerized by Continue reading
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Organ Crawls: The Ultimate School Field Trip
The only bad thing about being an organist is that you can’t take the King of Instruments with you. No cases, gig bags, or covers exist: you must travel to the instrument. That means you are in church a lot to practice, perform, or even to go on organ crawls. Organ crawls are tours through the insides Continue reading
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Outdoors With Paints
“Were you painting outside?” asked my husband. He knew the answer. And it wasn’t that one of our resident woodchucks had awakened and marched outside dragging paints and a brush. A rediscovered, unused set of acrylic paints had awakened me. I gathered a handful of brushed and dashed outside to my canvas: the snow. Flicks of red, Continue reading
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