The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination

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Read the latest book from the Montague Workshop team, Brad and Kristi Montague: The Fantastic Bureau of Investigation

Weird Gift Reviews by Matt E.

Need a quick idea for writing and/or creative thinking right before the break? Try this mashup of a lesson from author Matt Eicheldinger and an idea from Terri Eichholz.

An A-Z of Creativity

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Teachers will love this fabulous curation of free creativity tools available on the web!

Microbe Art

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See the incredible art that is inspired and sometimes created with the animals we can view only with a microscope.

Write. Right. Rite.

Last week, I mentioned the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi.  Reynolds is currently the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and he has joined with the Library of Congress to make a series of short videos challenging children to authentically express themselves about different topics.  The Write.Right.Rite. series … Read more

Social Distancing Hacks

One of the challenges I have with students when we are doing Design Thinking is to teach them to embrace constraints.  Sometimes I will get feedback from them at the end of projects that “we should be able to do whatever we want,”  despite my explanation that my experience has shown that complete freedom can … Read more