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Peace through art? The International Child Art Foundation says yes!

Ashfaq Ishaq is the director of the International Child Art Foundation, an organization that nurtures children's creativity around the world and promotes peace through art. Join me in learning more about how ICAF does this… JEAN:  Ashfaq, will you tell us a bit about your background? What led you to your current position as head […]

Non Traditional Princess Books to Empower our Daughters

Wow! I guess that post (rant!) about princesses hit a nerve. What a lot of great comments! Thank you. And thank you also for the reminder that this is just a phase and that many girls go through it, hopefully without ill effect. To follow up, here is the list I’ve been promising you of […]

Fabric Printing with Kids, Part I

Otherwise titled, “decorate your own t-shirts for kindergarten”. Maia and I have been doing lots of easy and fun fabric printing over the past week. The fabric paint was left out after I had some friends over for a night of freezer paper stenciling—something I used to do a lot of. But freezer paper stenciling […]