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  • The Power of the Pivot: Paint, Pandemonium and a Cold Compress.

    When I started this blog, I told myself it would be a space for reflection, honesty, and creativity—a place to document and untangle the experience of teaching art to elementary students through the lens of personal growth. But after a few weeks of intense classroom challenges, the lessons were coming in faster than I could…

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  • Big Lessons From Little Artists: Freedom, Experimentation, and the Illusion of Time

    How I Ended Up Here (and Why I Didn’t Overthink It) Teaching elementary art was never in my plans—not this year, not ever. It wasn’t a long-term goal. I didn’t spend years preparing for it. But when the opportunity to be a long-term substitute for an art teacher on maternity leave appeared, something unusual happened.…

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