Tardy Students, Please Report to the Back-to-School Gift Guide
Listen up, all you tardy students! (Anyone...anyone? Bueller?) The 2008 back-to-school shopping season is just about over. If you’re still in need of school items, check out the Gift Guide before it is closed. You snooze, you lose, ya truants!Find more shopping content …
Parents Teach Art, Part 2: Making it Happen
In my recent article Parents Teach Art I shared information about Duniway Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, and its award-winning, parent-led art program. Now I'll go into more detail about how to make a program like this work at your child's school. [Second grade "Paint and Poetry" lesson]The Art …
Parents Teach Art: A DIY Approach to Elementary School Art Education
Where I live, there are billboards all over town that simply say, "Art. Ask for More." At the bottom is a line of smaller print that says, "Are your kids getting enough?"As an artist and a mother of two, I feel fortunate that my kids attended a public elementary school with a thriving, well-established …
Earth Tones: Eco Ego Game for Kids, via Inhabitat
Videogames have huge educational potential — not only do they teach kids strategy but the content can be thought-provoking too. Take for example Eco Ego, a free online game that lets kids (and adults) roleplay a sweet little creature living in a tree stump. The goal is a Sims-like equilibrium with the …
The World is Our Classroom: One Family's Homeschooling Experience
The Storque is almost a year old! In celebration of this, we'll be reposting some favorites. Last September 20, 2007, GreenMamba offered to give us a more in-depth picture of what it's like to live a homeschooling lifestyle. This is the third of our series on Etsy homeschoolers. Please see Etsy Youth Sellers …
(Coloring) Book Review: U.S. Supreme Court Coloring and Activity Book
SarahSays writes a regular Storque column in which she provides legal info for indie entrepreneurs. As Etsy's in-house attorney, she also has the tough job of dealing with the intense and varied legal issues that come up for any young web commerce site. After hours, she feels like doing something a bit …
Handmade Education: Creativity & Homeschooling
After hearing from SarahAmanda about her homeschooled youth seller experience, we thought we'd continue the not-back-to-school season theme with this piece from StephanaDesigns. When our family began homeschooling 12 years ago, I knew as a very creative person that creativity would make its way …
