Cardboard Classroom
Cardboard Classroom

Author: Doug Robertson

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1952812569

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A design-minded teacher facilitates learning that is flexible, creative, and collaborative—with a healthy mix of critical thinking, trial and error, failure, and success. In The Cardboard Classroom, authors Doug Robertson and Jennifer Borgioli Binis offer practical guidance and sample projects developed from Robertson’s authentic classroom experiences to help you find space for this engaging approach to instruction in your daily practice. Elementary educators will: Discover why design thinking is more the identity of the teacher than instructional strategy Learn how design-minded teaching advances student learning and improves engagement Study real-world examples and experiences of the design process in action Receive comprehensive examples of projects you can utilize and adapt to fit your classroom’s needs Obtain reproducible tools and templates to enhance your understanding of the material Contents Preface Introduction: Lighting and Thunder Part 1: Overview of Design-Minded Teaching Chapter 1: What Does Design-Minded Thinking Mean? Part 2: Design-Minded Teaching in Practice Chapter 2: Define—What’s the Problem? What’s the Goal? Chapter 3: Design—How Can We Solve the Problem? Chapter 4: Build—How Do We Create a Solution? Chapter 5: Test and Revise—What Happens When We Try Out the Solution and Respond to Data? Chapter 6: Reflect—What Did We Learn? Chapter 7: Putting It Into Practice Part 3: Becoming a Design-Minded Teacher Chapter 8: Specific Designs Chapter 9: Assessment in the Design-Minded Classrooms Chapter 10: Cure-Alls, Buy-Ins, and Trust Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) References and Resources Index

Boxitects
Boxitects

Author: Kim Smith

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-01-14

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 0358166942

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A STEAM-centered, adorably illustrated picture book about Meg, a brilliant and creative boxitect who creates extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard boxes. Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what she makes out of boxes. But there’s a new kid at Maker School: Simone. Simone is good at everything, and worst of all, she’s a boxitect too. When the annual Maker Match is held, Meg and Simone are paired as a team but can’t seem to stop arguing. When their extraordinary project turns into a huge disaster, they must find a way to join creative forces, lift each other up, and work together.

The Cardboard Box Book
The Cardboard Box Book

Author: Roger Priddy

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0312517386

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Offers craft projects children can create with cardboard boxes, including making a playhouse, giant dice, and a princess castle.

Art Workshop for Children
Art Workshop for Children

Author: Barbara Rucci

Publisher: Quarry Books

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1631593250

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Art Workshop for Children is not just another book of straightforward art projects. The book's unique child-led approach provides a framework for cultivating creative thinking and encourages the wonder that comes when children are allowed to freely explore the creative process and their materials. As children work through these open-ended workshops, adults are guided on how to be facilitators who provide questions, encourage deep thinking, and help spark an excitement for discovery. Children explore basic materials and workshops that use minimal supplies, and then gradually add new materials to fill the art cabinets as well as new skills and more complex workshops. Most workshops are suitable to preschool-aged children, and each contains ideas for explorations and new twists to engage older or more experienced artists. Interspersed throughout are sidebar essays that introduce perspectives on mess-making, imperfection, the role of adult, collaborative art, and thoughts on the Reggio Emilia method, a self-guided teaching philosophy. These pieces underscore the value of art-making with children, and support the parent/teacher/care-giver on how to successfully lead, question, and navigate their children through the workshops to result in the fullest experiences.

Cardboard Creations for Kids
Cardboard Creations for Kids

Author: Kathryn Ho

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1645674630

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Eco-Friendly Cardboard Crafts to Make and Play With At last, a genius way for you to put all that cardboard lying around the house to good use! Mailing boxes, paper towel rolls, cereal cartons and more can be transformed into a range of crafts, toys and games that guarantee hours of fun, imaginative playtime. Blast off in a cardboard Rocket, set up a fun Ice Cream Cart or become royalty in a Castle Cubby with life-size play structures that will delight your little ones. Let big imaginations run wild with pretend play creations like cool Butterfly Wings, a handy Tool Belt or a Mini Monster Truck that’s built for jumps and tricks. Create games that will challenge and engage your kids with projects like a Pinball Machine, Tabletop Soccer and Cardboard Labyrinth. With all of Kathryn’s best tips and tricks for sourcing, upcycling and handling cardboard, plus a wide range of inventive projects, this incredible collection is your go-to guide for easy, eco-friendly ways to transform cardboard into crafty creations your kids will love.

Box!
Box!

Author: Noel Macneal

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1493004808

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How many times have you spent money on some fancy new toy for your child, only to have her ignore the toy and instead crawl into the large box it came in? Whether you’re on a budget or just refuse to pay high prices for noisy, plastic toys, Box! offers parents do-it-yourself, environmentally friendly crafts that can be made with cereal boxes, packing boxes, toilet paper rolls, and egg cartons. Filled with easy to make cardboard box craft ideas complete with supply lists, four-color photos, tips, and templates, Box! supplies parents with projects that will keep their children entertained for hours, such as: making “little people” with toilet paper rolls; creating a pirate ship out of a milk carton; fashioning a telescope using a paper towel tube; assembling planes, trains, and automobiles from cracker boxes, pasta boxes, or toothpaste boxes; and even constructing a child-sized desk out of three large boxes. This book is the perfect way to make fun, inexpensive, sustainable toys for your little one.

What to Do with a Box
What to Do with a Box

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: The Creative Company

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 1566607027

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Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”

The Paper Playhouse
The Paper Playhouse

Author: Katrina Rodabaugh

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1592539807

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The Paper Playhouse includes a series of how-to art projects that transform cardboard boxes, paper, and found books into imaginative toys, structures, and games for kids!

Educating Children Outdoors
Educating Children Outdoors

Author: Amy Butler

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2024-03-15

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1501771914

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Educating Children Outdoors is a resource for educators interested in spending extended periods of time in nature with their students. Bringing over two decades of experience working outdoors with teachers and students, Amy Butler offers curricular guidance on nature-based lessons that align with K–12 education standards and build on the innate curiosity and wonder children have for the natural world. This book will help the educator: - Learn successful routines and practices to make learning outdoors safe and engaging - Understand protocols for real and risky play - Draw inspiration from real-life stories from other teachers about learning in nature - Meet NGSS and Common Core standards outdoors with seasonal lessons that are child-centered - Be part of the movement to support children in becoming reconnected with the natural world and the places they call home With twenty-five lessons in five units of study spread out across a seasonal school year and appendixes that offer templates for learning, Educating Children Outdoors is essential for educators looking to harvest the benefits of a nature-based curriculum.