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*** In A+ Schools, Energizers are:***

- Energy shifters/transformers - energizers or calmers

- If you’re picking them well, they can become excellent transitions

- Seamless entries and exits from activities

- Priming the pump: setting the stage or practicing needed skills for an upcoming lesson or activity

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In a world which is becoming increasingly visually loud, Minute of Listening helps pupils develop their creative listening skills.

This is a curated resource of recordings and connected resources that educators can utilize in a variety of ways.

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In a world which is becoming increasingly visually loud, Minute of Listening helps pupils develop their creative listening skills.
This carefully curated collection of 60-second recordings introduces children to a range of music and sounds from Björk to Beethoven, folk music to field recordings. Accompanying resources help enrich all curriculum areas, and follow-up questions encourage children to discuss what they heard, thought and felt.

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In a world which is becoming increasingly visually loud, Minute of Listening helps pupils develop their creative listening skills. This carefully curated collection of 60-second recordings introduces children to a range of music and sounds from Björk to Beethoven, folk music to field recordings.

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Imagine you are a cold stick of butter in the fridge. Get as tight as you can. All of those milk solids are hard as a rock. Someone grabs you and put you out on the counter. The sun shines through the window and you gradually begin to melt. Slowly, your body unfolds as the butter gets soft in the hot sunlight. Then someone throws you into a pan. You start to sizzle and as you saute in the pan. So hot you dance around as they throw some popcorn in with you! Sizzle! Pop! Pop! Pop! They pull you out of the pan just in time to curl up on the couch for a movie.

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You can use THIS WEBSITE or create story cubes of your own using flashcards.

There are many ways to approach this activity! In one approach, one person is the storyteller, the others are the actors. The storyteller rolls the dice and tells a story based on the pictures that are showing. While the storyteller tells the story, the others can act it out. Extra points for incorporating vocab words or class topics!

Another way is to collectively tell the story with each person taking one of the dice and one part of the story. This forces students to listen and build off of the previous ideas.

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Tens-of-thousands of sound recordings are available at the Library of Congress!

The Guide to World Music can be an excellent place to start searches for music from many cultures and practices! https://worldmusic.net/blogs/guide-to-world-music

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Search results from Audio Recording, Available Online

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Divide class into teams or do as a whole group. Get some groovy music playing and let the dances begin! I like to start with dances people already know to get them used to moving: the floss, the running man, the gritty, etc. Then the teacher calls out the name of a dance that doesn't exist and students make up the dance that goes with it. Encourage students to follow dances that look the best, or if you are playing on teams encourage the teams to dance together as a cohesive group. Repeat with different new dance titles that incorporate vocab words, concepts, or are just silly!

HERE IS A LINK TO A DANCE PLAYLIST: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKpgoNDT96O7w80L7jIkk5gNhERkPiAlt&si=Oy_oPxhupVddjzxT

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This page (and site) contains basic information including how zentangle began and some ideas to get started. There are numerous other books, magazines, websites, and YouTube tutorials to further the practice. And, Zentangle classes are available around the world!

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Zentangle creativity! Thank you for visiting.

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

Explore the links on the left to learn more about the benefits and beauty of the Zentangle Method and our nourishing world-wide Zentangle community.

The Eight Steps of the Zentangle Method

Step 01 - Gratitude and Appreciation

Get comfortable, take a few deep breaths and feel gratitude and appreciation - for this beautiful paper, for these wonderful tools, for this opportunity to create something beautiful.

Step 02 - Corner Dots

We teach beginning Zentangle Method with beautiful museum grade cotton paper, 3.5 inches (89 mm) square. To answer a familiar question of what to put on this beautiful paper, place a light pencil dot in each corner, about a pen's width from the edges. Now it's no longer a blank piece of paper.

Step 03 - Border

Connect those dots with a light pencil line, straight or curvy, to create a square. This is your border.

Step 04 - String

Inside the border, draw a light pencil line or lines to make what we call a "string." The string separates your tile into sections, in which you draw your tangles. A string can be any shape. It may be a curvy line that touches the edge of the border now and then, or series of straight lines that go from one side of the border to the next.

Step 05 - Tangle

A tangle is a predefined sequence of simple strokes that make up a pattern. Draw your tangles in pen inside (usually) the pencil strings and borders. Tangle is both noun and verb. Just as you dance a dance, you tangle your tangles. Draw your tangles with deliberate strokes. Don't worry about what it's going to look like. Just focus on each stroke of the pen as you make it. Trust that you'll know what to do next when the time to do it comes. There is no up or down to Zentangle art so feel free to rotate your tile in any direction that is most comfortable for your hand as you draw.

Step 06 - Shade

Add shades of gray with a graphite pencil to bring contrast and dimension to your tile. The black and white two-dimensional tangles transform through shading and appear three-dimensional. You can also use a tortillion (a paper blending stump) to soften and blend the graphite.

Step 07 - Initial and Sign

This is art you created. You should sign it. Put your initials on the front (many people create a unique monogram or chop for this step). On the back, place your name, date, comments and observations.

Step 08 - Appreciate

Hold your tile at arm's length. Turn it this way and that. Appreciate what you just created.

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Zentangle creativity! Thank you for visiting. The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

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Invite participants to develop a YouTube style intro which can incorporate things they like to do, parts of their personality, and/or things they have experienced. Example: Hello everyone! Welcome back to the channel! I’m Maniac Medina Demeter and today we are going to experience some extreme gardening. Yep you heard right! That’s gardening on a rock face! Before we get started: Like and Subscribe!”