RISD offered an admission session for parents of pre-college students this year. Antonio Peters led this informative session. I’ve condensed the one-hour session into fourteen minutes in the video below. RISD Admissions Presentation for Pre-College Parents. How to apply and get into RISD by Antonio Peters, Assistant Director of Admissions. Some pertinent information: Show growth…
Month: August 2017
Easy and Fun Rainbow Science Experiments
A rainbow is made of the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Where did the rainbow come from? All the colors exist in sunlight. We can’t see them because they are mixed together. Easy and Fun Rainbow Science Experiments When sunlight moves from the air to the water in the glass, it bends…
30 Children’s Books About Hawaii
Discover Hawaiian folk tales with these children’s books! Read about the legends and mythology of Hawaii and enjoy picture books to read with your child! When I was a child, a relative in Hawaii from my mother’s side whom I’d never met sent me two picture books as a Christmas present. It was a little…
Visiting West Coast Art Schools & Foodie Stops Nearby
We are planning our family summer vacation trip around art and design school visits for my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, who is a rising senior in high school. Her wish list for this trip includes a visit to the Chihuly Gardens in Seattle so we will be driving from San Francisco to Vancouver, British Columbia,…
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday, which found that 15-year-old girls around the world, outperform boys in science – except for in the United States, Britain and Canada. via The Guardian Breaking down theNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores by gender, girls averaged 151 points (out of a possible 300), three points higher…
Dr. Seuss Museum Invite then Crickets
I wanted to share some of the correspondence that I’ve had with Dr. Seuss Museum’s Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Karen Fisk. It started after this AP article was published and I was included in the AP video. Oh the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss museum opens its doors Associated Press “The first national museum…
#DiverseKidLit Socioeconomic Diversity
Our theme for this #DiverseKidLit is socioeconomic diversity. Kids from all economic brackets should be able to find themselves in books – as well as to learn about the lives of others in different economic situations. (As always, the theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s…