Susie Monday

Artist, maker, teacher, author, head cook and bottlewasher.

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The art I make is the result of a life-long love of pattern, texture and color. How I teach is a skill honed by experience (I started teaching creative arts to younger kids when I was 12). After earning a B.A. in Studio Arts from Trinity University, I helped lead an internationally recognized educational foundation, designed curriculum exhibits for schools and other institutions, wrote and edited for a major daily newspaper, opened the San Antonio Children's Museum and then, a dozen years ago, took the scary but essential (for me) leap to become a fulltime artist and art teacher.

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    Friday
    Dec022011

    Best Toys

    DateFriday, December 2, 2011 at 07:34AM

    THESE?


    "Treasure Box" photo by Flickr user Evelyn Giggles. Used under Creative Commons License.


    OR THESE?

     

    Dirt and Stick (sort of)

    (I'm back!) Sorry for any access problems, I had a mix-up at my Squarespace account.

    Here's a great blog post from Geek Dad about the best toys ever.  When was the last time you took some time to play with one of these? And what would you add? My friend Cindy says, "Bandana." I do the subset of Dirt, Sand. Also Water. These are all great examples of what we call scratch materials in our parent's book on creative thinking (PS, its being re-edited, added to and released by a new publisher next summer.)

     

    http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/all/1

    Happy Thanksgiving, even if I am late with the wishes. 

     

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