Posted Sunday February 16 2014 at 12:51 pm
in News
An illustration of Dr. James Kaufman by Chris Brandt
What can the latest psychological research teach us about creativity, how it's expressed, and how it can be measured? Join this discussion with Dr. James C. Kaufman, president of the American Psychological Association's Division 10: The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Kaufman is Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. The author of more than 25 books, Kaufman is internationally known for his research on such areas as everyday creativity, creativity assessment, and creativity and mental health.
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Posted Tuesday February 11 2014 at 11:18 pm
in Cultural Inclusion
It’s National Engineering Week! At this Critter Day presentation, we’ll be celebrating the Diggers and Builders of the animal world. They may not have hammers, nails or shovels, but animals do have claws, helmets and other adaptations to help them design their homes. After the
presentation, you may have a chance to touch one of the animals, too!
February 15, 2014 2:15 pm and 3:15 pm ASL-Interpreted
Free with paid Museum admission.
For more information, visit the Museum website or contact:
Saki Iwamoto, Health and Wellness Specialist
Iwamoto@BostonChildrensMuseum.org
617-986-3697
Posted Sunday February 09 2014 at 4:13 pm
in Education
My aim is to provide students with an exciting, meaningful and memorable learning experience through singing, movement and other musical activities.
I believe that music is the best way to teach certain pre-reading skills such as phonological awareness. Songs also can deepen students' understanding of almost any subject, especially stories and narrative. Music and movement engage multiple parts of the brain and the emotions. To paraphrase educator Bev Bos, "If it hasn't been in the hand, the body and the heart, it can't be in the brain."
What I do
My primary art form is music and songwriting, but I also incorporate drama, storytelling and movement. I mostly work with children aged 3 through first grade, with a focus on reading/language arts, though I also love using music to enrich learning in social studies, math and science. I am very excited to work in inclusion settings.
On any given day in the classroom, you might find me demonstrating a new finger play, singing the days of the week with a focus on the starting letter sounds, playing a rhyming game with a monster puppet, or having the children romp around the classroom as they act out "The Three Little Pigs." I seek to model techniques and offer tools that classroom teachers can use after I'm gone.
I hope my residencies provide an exceptional experience for students that will be one of the highlights of their school life.
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