Creative Roots

Enjoy this post which was shared with me by a friend of mine whom I have known since we were in elementary school.

We miss all of you at Creative Roots and have been enjoying some great memories of the children and families we have worked with over the past 10 years while packing up to move to our new location. Although COVID-19 has kept us from seeing everyone, you are in our minds and hearts and we hope to be with you in person again soon!

Maroon 5 - Memories (Cover) One Voice Children's Choir Follow One Voice Children’s Choir online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onevoicechildrenschoir/ Facebook: https://www.faceboo...

Creativity and the Brain: What We Can Learn From Jazz Musicians | KQED Research on what’s happening in the brain when jazz musicians improvise is helping shed light on the neuroscience behind creativity.

We will be offering Mixed Media camps during Spring Break http://creativerootspdx.com/5952-2/

Childhood As ‘Resume Building’: Why Play Needs A Comeback The kind of free play grown-ups had in previous generations is looked at with nostalgia in today’s era of adult-supervised activities. Children are missing out on the benefits of unstructured play, but a group of dedicated educators are trying to give kids back their play time through the Global S...

Creativity, Integration and Collaboration... great video by Scott Barry Kaufman

Scott Barry Kaufman: Creative brains Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman unravels some of creativity’s mysterious origins with the help of brain scanning equipment. “Depending on…

Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity Educators are attempting classroom redesign to make school spaces more conducive to the different ways students learn and the way teachers want to teach.

The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature “In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and…

Helping Families Ask Questions Could Be Your Most Powerful Engagement Tool Parents often feel intimidated in face-to-face encounters with educators because they don't know what to ask. Working with parents to surface their questions could be a powerful way to engage them with their child's education.