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Getting Ready for #MakerCamp at @FabLabEP <3

by Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz

Poster from Maker Summer Camp 2014 | Fab Lab El Paso.

Yikes! So super excited about Maker Summer Camp 2014; wish we could bring our friends. Here’s the description for next week’s session…

WEEK 2
Art and Design (July 14th-18th)

When we make something, we’re infusing it with a little bit of ourselves, whether it’s a robot or a painting, and this week campers get to try their hands at merging form and function to create things that are beautiful as well as useful. People say it’s important to create art for art’s sake; at Maker Camp we make for making’s sake.

Field Trip Friday to Cartoon Network Studios at 11am Pacific time on July 18th

Have you or your kids attended a Google #MakerCamp? What should we expect?

Learning Parenting

5 reasons you should integrate meditation in teaching from @edutopia

by Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz

Visitacion Valley Middle School reported the following results for using Quiet Time in school (in use since 2007).

Suspensions and fights dropped by 50% in the first semester.
Student anxiety decreased and self esteem increased.
33% of students reported sleeping better at night and 40% reported better ability to focus in class
Overall, the environment at our school is more peaceful because of this program
Faculty and Staff have received training in this program and have reported reductions in stress and greater clarity of mind

Check out the Quiet Time program resources at Edutopia’s Resources & Downloads for Meditation in Schools | Edutopia and enjoy this infographic on Meditation in Education.

Learning Mindfulness Parenting

Kids yoga + Gardening + Capoeira = Too Cool 4 Preschool

by Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz

Inwood Yoga Studio Introduces Preschoolers to Gardening and Capoeira

INWOOD — An Inwood yoga studio is offering kids a different take on preschool — one that swaps free play and circle time for gardening and capoeira.

“Too Cool 4 Preschool” is a collaboration between Inwood’s Bread and Yoga and Scribble Art Workshop, a New-Jersey based program that aims to provide young children access to the arts.

Capoeira, a Brazilian style of martial arts, and gardening are just some of the activities children ages 3 to 4 participate in The 10-week program also offers music and “scribble” — art, painting and collage — sessions.