alternative learning

November 16 2020

The Power of Storytelling

reginasplees Pedagogy & Curriculum alternative learning, learning through stories, St. Martin, storytelling, The Great Peacemaker

“Those who tell the stories rule society.” — Plato I did not grow up with storytelling in my family. I developed storytelling with my love for the theatre, where my mother took me regularly. At eight years old, I would be alone in my basement with my stuffed animal ‘students,’ telling them stories about all […]

September 14 2020

Color in the classroom

reginasplees classroom preparation alternative learning, color, color in the classroom, color meanings, color relationships, homeschool, lazure, Wah' -Sha Academy, wahsha academy, waldorf education

Sir Isaac Newton, in 1704, said that color comes from light, and is the result of physics. Well, a young questioning Johann Wolfgang von Goethe questioned Newton’s conclusions considering color beyond the scope of science, but psychology. If you’re anything like Goethe, you will notice that colors have relationships and that our perceptions of and […]