Make Your Mark In Life!

For those of us in education who love a creative challenge, it is time to celebrate International Dot Day on September 15th. Join in the "global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration" that began when Terry Shay read Peter H. Reynolds' book, The Dot, to his class in 2009. From that simple act International Dot Day grew and is now celebrated around the globe. 

In honor of the upcoming Dot Day 15, these classroom activities can prepare each classroom for a day of global celebration.

Read aloud The Dot. Then, watch the video. 

Celebrate with music.

Create artwork with any medium to represent The Dot. 
I chose to work with photography and digital photo-editing tools.

Weave words to create a poem that accompanies your dot.

Celebrate students' work with a gallery walk. 
Share the work with the world via social media.

Join the movement to make your mark on September 15th.

Your turn to create dot art and make your mark.

Please visit the Poetry Friday Round-Up 
at Robyn Hood Black's Life on the Deckle Edge.

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Special Notice: 

I am delighted to say that I will unveil my newest gallery of artistic expressions, 

Summer Splashings, this weekend. 

A Cordial Invitation

Did you see this invitation?

I hope you will take the opportunity to peruse the Winter Whisperings Gallery. It is an online collection of poetry paired with photography or images meant to showcase winter as a season of perspectives and nature as a positive vehicle for expressive voice. 

When you visit the global gallery you can see variety in the flow of thoughts and a unique focus on harmony and serenity found in nature. Each reflective writer's words surfaced from the depths of his/her spirits, thus bringing poetic expression to life. 

While some writers struggled with the notion that winter did not look like a Northeast winter, I urged all to relate to the season as it appeared in their locale. With this in mind, the gallery offers a range of landscapes from the frosty temperatures of the northeast to sunny venues and warm climates. Besides descriptive images of the season, some writers wrote about memories. Others reflected, allowing the muse to inspire them.  All listened to the whisperings of nature that led them to their individual interpretations of the season. 

This season, 

winter danced in patterns,

revolving in flight,

evolving 

from nature's hand.

This season,

dreamers dreamed

of visions seen.

Writers wrote 

thoughts of note.

Then, a gallery grew

a vision of colored hue.

(Winter's color is not only white.)

Words have a magical power...capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men’s actions.

– Sigmund Freud

May the words found in the Winter Whisperings Gallery arouse your emotions and engage you in the art of observing nature as a vehicle to express your thoughts. 

Now please visit Poetry Friday at Robyn Hood Black's Life on the Deckle Edge where she has a delightful interview with Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. 

You can also stroll over to #digipoetry created by Margaret Simon and logo by Leigh Anne Eck.

Lastly, thank you for visiting my Poetry Parade.