Archive for August, 2011

More Art From Kids’ Thai Art School

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
It’s been a bit quiet of late on the Thailand art school project with the great Chatchada Kruakaew and her travelling art program. Area 3 last heard from her and her students just after the New Year when we received some great shots of the kids and their art.
You can see those here at  Happy Valentines From Thailand.
Now, despite the long break, we have just been sent some more great art shots. Jump now…
Chatchada’s travelling art program covers numerous districts in Thailand and is designed to teach children how to paint, express themselves and help them overcome personal tragedies or difficulties in their lives so far.
We do what we can here for Chatchada and her program but it could always do with some extra support.
If you’d like to help, then contact Paul Stahlberg, our CEO, at Catalyst Exhibits at pstahlberg@catalystexhibit.com
chatchada kids august 2011 6aLast week we caught up with the Thailand art school project, run by Chatchada Kruakaew, for the first time in over 6 months. The travelling art program, which is designed to help children express themselves through art – especially those kids who have suffered a lot in the lives so far –  is going from strength to strength.
Last week, in our blog ‘Thailand Art Program Going Strong’, we showed you some of the latest artwork from one of those groups of kids – including some great wall murals at one of the art schools – and today we have more paintings and the class on show.
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Thailand Art Program Going Strong

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

chatchada kids august 2011 1It’s been a bit quiet of late on the Thailand art school project with the great Chatchada Kruakaew and her travelling art program. Area 3 last heard from her and her students just after the New Year when we received some great shots of the kids and their art.

You can see those here at  Happy Valentines From Thailand.

Now, despite the long break, we have just been sent some more great art shots. Jump now… Read the rest of this entry »


Reading Lunch Success – Chapter 2

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

debbies readers in bookstoreLast week, teacher Debbie Valette took us through an interesting lunch date with some of her reading students and how the experience helped them hone their newly gained reading skills in the real world.

It also gave them a chance to discuss the books they are currently reading and also a wide range of topics that those books presented to them. You can catch up on that here – Reading Lunch A Success – Chapter 1″

Here’s what happened after lunch:

“From there we headed to Boulder’s only local bookstore to find a new read [see photo].

I attached a couple of pictures of the girls looking for books. We finally found one we could all agree on. It’s called Illegal by Bettina Restrepo.

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Reading Lunch A Success – Chapter 1

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

debbie and lunch trip

When teaching kids with reading difficulties how to read, it doesn’t always have to be in a class-related environment. In fact, there are a wealth of skills that budding readers can learn outside of the class, especially how valuable reading can be in a real-world situation.

Our favorite teaching guru, Debbie Valette, in Boulder Colorado, takes time out to bring some of her readers out and about during the summer break, to see how they cope in the real world. She was in contact recently to let us in on how one of her summer lunch trips went.

Hi, I hope all is well with you!  We’ve been having a great summer. I met with my two motivated summer readers yesterday.  We met at a fancy restaurant called Q’s where we had the tasting menu: chilled pea soup with creme fraiche, trout on a bed of poblano hash with mole sauce, and a variety of yummy desserts.  The girls especially liked the creme fraiche!  (They said it tasted like ranch dressing!) The pea soup was a little challenging for them, but they loved everything else.

The lunch went splendidly – so many teachable moments. They learned new food-related words, how to calculate…. Read the rest of this entry »