Making School by Hand: Developing a Meaning-Centered Curriculum from Everyday Life
Author(s): Mary Kenner Glover
In Making School by Hand, Glover, who co-founded Awakening Seed School in 1977, reveals how her childhood interests and experiences have deeply influenced what she has created in her own school and classroom. Using the metaphor of a quilt, she shows how teaching can be approached as a "handmade" process and how we can use the materials of everyday life to develop a curriculum to meet the needs and interests of our students. Glover presents creative classroom activities—such as designing and playing board games with environmental themes and bringing books to life through dance performances—that lead to surprises and discoveries. Illustrated with examples of students' work, the book vividly depicts one classroom in one school where the curriculum is specifically designed for and by its daily participants.
138 pp. 1997. Grades K–6. ISBN 0-8141-3037-2.
No. 30372
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ISBN: 0-8141-3037-2
Grade Level(s): Elementary
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