The Gallery and Blog of Robin Brooks Artist
As a young child, feeling the warmth of the sun on my face, reflected from the Cabana Club pool, my feet dangling in the cold pool water. My summers were spent poolside while my dad worked his summer job of Pool Director. At home, being tucked in under the covers at bedtime. My bedtime ritual with […]
TEACHING VS. LEARNING: One of the scariest things about transitioning to a choice based approach to working with children is a teacher’s fear of losing control. Many of us are operating under the false assumption that if we control every possible variable, we will ensure that our students are learning. Today, there are whole texts […]
Every teacher-in-training takes theory classes in preparation for entering the classroom. Over time, our theories about children and learning become the foundation for our practice–the daily life of working with children in the classroom. As I have matured in my teaching I have integrated various strands of theory into my own unique hybrid of classroom […]
This photo gallery shows student work completed in the last six weeks. With three snow days to interrupt our flow, students nonetheless have shown great focus and persistence in creating original works in a variety of media. My students are working hard to prepare work for our annual art show on March 31 in the […]
On Tuesday evening, October 12, my Reggio Emilia Study Group gathered in Portland to start another year together. We have been calling ourselves the Portland Area Reggio Collaborative, or PARC for a couple of years now. We are a collection of early childhood educators in the greater Portland, Maine area who come together to deepen […]