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I believe the best way to develop skills and talents is putting them to use as they are being acquired. By applying what we learn, and setting it into motion during the learning process, we’ll discover a greater understanding and deeper meaning of the topic.

“Americans need to discover,” states Harvard University professor, David Edwards, in his article “American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist.” Professor Edwards continues- “We ‘learn,’ and after this we ‘do.’ We go to school, and then we go to work. This approach does not map very well to personal and professional success in America today. Learning and doing have become inseparable in the face of conditions that invite us to discover.”

That’s what we have done with Animals in Time—we’ve set learning into motion with KIDS as the creators. Children made all the artwork in Animals in Time, Volume 3, along with the adventure maps and seek-n-find pictures in the Animals in Time, Activity Bundle. In Volumes 1 and 2, children are not only responsible for the artwork, but the stories themselves, in producing these unique resources (coming soon).

This project, as a whole, has provided the opportunity for the kids to hone their skills in artistic expression through art and creative writing; broaden their understanding of animals, history, geography, noteworthy individuals including artists, leaders, and so forth; and exercise their research techniques as they gathered information necessary for the stories.

As these kids develop resources to educate and entertain, they inspire other children to do the same: learn by discovering and creating. These young people have moved beyond merely striving for grades on a test ~ they know how to transform what they have learned into something valuable for the world around them.

And that brings me back to the point: WHY WAIT TO CREATE?!

Watch this short interview to hear and see more about Animals in Time : Part 1

Animals in Time interview, Part 2

httpss://youtu.be/IwVvaLBSdwI

 

Animals in Time: Volume 3, American History Book
These twenty-six A-Z animal adventure stories will engage children as they hop, pounce, flap, and bounce their way through history, plus so much more! They will meet American artists and historical heroes such as Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, George Washington, Harriet Tubman and many others. As the animals travel to many unique and exciting places throughout the United States, your child will also learn about geography.

Specs: 8 1/2 x 11, 238 pages, 205 color pics
Price: $24.99

 

 

 

 

 

Animals in Time: Activity Bundle
Map it! Find it! Color it!

Companion to Animals in Time: Volume 3, American History

These Adventure Maps, Seek-N-Find Activities, and Coloring Pages correspond with each story of Animals in Time, Volume 3: American History.

 

Specs: 8 1/2 x 11, 85 pages, loose leaf in shrink wrapping
Price: $8.99